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Pleasant Hill, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Childersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35150. It lies near Edwards Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sylacauga West quadrangle.

Pleasant Hill within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

311 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 311 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,558 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 83 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning133
Arson/incendiarism83
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Recreation and ceremony22
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2002Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-14
30 September 2016Arson/incendiarism16 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-19
30 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Natural10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-32
29 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill: 15 unknowns, 8 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kymulga ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Southwest Tallaseehatchee AreaCalcium, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, AluminumProspect1858
Sycamore Clay ProspectClayProspect
Butler Estate MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Childersburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sycamore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sycamore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wesson Manganese MineManganeseProspect1918
Wesson Mn Mine Big Grunt MineManganesePast ProducerResidual
Cliett ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Talladega County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Zubers1.1 miles23
Center Hill1.9 miles23
Comerdale1.9 miles23
Odena2.0 miles23
Boaz Corner2.5 miles19
Tallaseehatchee2.9 miles22
Five Points3.2 miles23
Bon Air3.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 144935. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.