Pleasant Site, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Red Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35582. It stands on Store Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Site quadrangle. It stands 515 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Pleasant Site quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Pleasant Site quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Pleasant Site quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Site between 1997 and 2015, burning about 1,770 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 38 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Site in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Site | $8,000 | no account filed |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Site | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were knocked down on Highway 247. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Site | $1,000 | Trees were knocked down in Pleasant Site near Pogo. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Site | $500 | A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds at Hwy 247 and 21 intersection. The time was estimated by radar. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Site | $500 | A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds at Pleasant Site Highway 90 at Troy Thorn Road. The time was estimated by radar. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Site | - | Highway 90 washed away due to flash flooding. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Site | - | Fifty foot portions of metal roofs were blown off of two chicken houses along CR 90 at CR 190. Two trees were knocked down onto homes along CR 90. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pogo | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| White Oak | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Seven Pines | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Halltown | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Jordans Mill | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Burntout | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Piney Bend | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dempsey | 7.3 miles | 12 |
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 Site | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19987609 | 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 125042. 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.







