BlockPleasant Hill, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Double Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35553. The Survey maps it on the Double Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Double Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Double Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 664 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180903-4 |
| 2 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180821-1 |
| 20 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Hill in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | $25,000 | Several trees were blown down along County Road 2. A mobile home sustained roof damage and a carport was blown over damaging two vehicles. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | A shed was shifted and part of a pole barn was blown away. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Pleasant Hill | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeastern Winston County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 105 mph.||The tornado developed in a wooded area east of County Road 195. The tornado tracked northeast, crossing County Road 6 near Sandy Creek, where it caused minor timber damage. The tornado caused minor damage to the roof of a chicken house just off of County Road 415. The tornado continued northeast where it approached Highway 33 west of Moreland. The tornado caused notable timber damage as it crossed Highway 33, then it continued northeast across County Road 3163 where it removed sheathing from under a manufactured home, destroyed a small outbuilding, and removed portions of siding and sheathing from a manufactured home. The tornado then crossed County Road 63, or Cheatam Road, where it removed a portion of the roof from a manufactured home, damaged two garage doors, and blew out a window of an outdoor storage building. The tornado continued northeast before dissipating near Collier Creek. |
| November 2016 | Tornado (EF2) | Pleasant Hill | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Winston County in the Ashridge Community and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF-2 tornado, with maximum winds estimated near 125 mph.||The tornado touched down along County Road 55 just north of Macedonia Road. This location was about 4 miles northwest of Double Springs or 2 miles south of Ashridge. At the beginning point, one home lost a portion of its roof covering. The tornado moved north northeast and almost paralleled County Road 55. A chicken house sustained significant damage and one home suffered roof damage on County Road 3182. The tornado increased its intensity and width as it entered the Bankhead National Forest near Ashridge. Several homes and outbuildings sustained damage and numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. The EF-2 damage occurred just off County Road 55 south of Ashridge. Two mobile homes and one outbuilding were totally destroyed. Numerous power poles and trees were blown down. The tornado continued north northeast and crossed Alabama Highway 195, County Road 2 and eventually lifted near Jim Brown Road. Several structures sustained damage and many trees were snapped off on this final section of the tornado path. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | The awning and stucco was removed at Mount Carmel Church on Highway 278. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | Trees and powerlines were downed along County Road 55 and County Road 32. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Pleasant Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Pleasant Hill | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Springs | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ashridge | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Gray (historical) | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Welbornville (historical) | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Rock Creek | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Haricon (historical) | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Rabbittown | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Booger Tree (historical) | 4.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160405. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.