BlockPleasant Plains, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dothan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36345. The Survey maps it on the Sigma quadrangle. It stands 282 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Sigma quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Plains between 1995 and 2020, burning about 227 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200726-1 |
| 15 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120710-002 |
| 5 June 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20130605-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Plains: 9 occurrences, 9 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Plains in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Pleasant Plains | $5,000 | This tornado began west of Center Church Road where it snapped large hardwood tree branches and removed several shingles off of a manufactured home. It continued to push east-southeast to Bill Yance Road where it snapped a few softwood tree trunks. It then crossed highway 52 where it continued to snap large softwood tree branches and slightly bent a street sign just off of highway 52. As it continued to move eastward to across county road 95, it continued to snap softwood tree limbs. Thereafter, the tornado pushed east southeast to across River Road where it partially collapsed a tin RV car port and snapped a few softwood tree trunks, before lifting just before the Georgia state line. Damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado with winds of approximately 88mph. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Plains | $1,000 | A tree was blown down along Bill Yance Road resulting in a power outage. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Plains | $750 | A single tree blew down in the road at 5509 S. County Rd. 55. No other damage was reported in the vicinity. Radar showed an outflow boundary moving through the area with the parent thunderstorm weakening about 15 miles south of the location. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| February 2013 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Plains | - | County Road 22 at 55 was closed due to flash flooding. |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Pleasant Plains | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058535 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 125024. 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.
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.