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Pleasant Ridge, Alabama

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35570. It stands on Stevens Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton quadrangle.

Pleasant Ridge within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

232 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Ridge between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,126 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 82 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 burning88
Arson/incendiarism82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Smoking1
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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-2
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism24 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-11
30 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Ridge: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Glen Allen Materials, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hamilton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Hamilton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

9 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Ridge in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2014Tornado (EF0)Pleasant Ridge$15,000A tornado touched down near the intersection of County Road 75 and Bishop Road, in a rural area northwest of the city of Hamilton. It tracked northeastward through a largely rural area in central Marion County between the cities of Hamilton and Hackleburg. The tornado caused mostly tree damage as it crossed County Road 29, Highway 187, County Road 41, and Highway 43. One building on County Road 29, where winds were strongest at 85 mph, had some shingles blow off, a shed was destroyed, and a dozen trees were downed. The tornado lifted along Highway 43 near Traverse Station Road southwest of Hackleburg city limits.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge$500A tree was blown down onto US-43, just north of Hamilton.
February 2019Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge-Several trees uprooted near the intersection of Highway 43 and Highway 187.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge-Several trees uprooted in the Shiloh Community near the intersection of County Road 73 and County Road 20.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge-Several trees uprooted between the cities of Hamilton and Hackleburg.
January 2015Tornado (EF0)Pleasant Ridge-National Weather Service Meteorologists surveyed damage in Marion County near the city of Hamilton and confirmed a weak tornado. The tornado touched down near the intersection of Highway 43 and Beecher Street, about 3 miles northeast of Hamilton. The tornado path was all on the southeast side of Highway 43/17. One home suffered roof and shingle damage, and several trees were uprooted. Some of the debris was thrown several hundred yards downstream.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge-Several softwood trees were snapped and uprooted. A 12 foot by 12 foot porch was uplifted and tossed 30 feet.
March 2013HailPleasant Ridge-no account filed
April 2012HailPleasant Ridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Hamilton2.0 miles10
Weston2.3 miles9
Barnesville5.1 miles9
Fulton Bridge5.9 miles8
Bexar8.4 miles8
Pearces Mills8.9 miles11
Pigeye9.4 miles12
Pikeville9.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156912. 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.