BlockPleasant Hill, Arkansas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lake Hamilton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71913. It stands on Mazarn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hempwallace quadrangle. It stands 528 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hempwallace quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
160 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 956 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 29 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 | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job No Joo-235 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Hill in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | $400,000 | Just west of Hot Springs, thunderstorm winds damaged two businesses in a strip mall. At a dollar store, winds blew in through a roll-up garage door in the back, traveled through the store and rearranged some of the merchandise, then blew out the front doors. Part of the ceiling and ceiling tiles were left sagging in the front of the store. A consignment shop next door also had ceiling tiles fall. At the same intersection, a second dollar store had a window blown out, part of the roof damaged, and sagging ceiling tiles. Also at the same intersection, a portable storage building was blown off its concrete blocks and destroyed. In nearby areas, numerous trees and power lines were blown down, and a number of power poles were snapped off. Several of the trees fell on houses. A billboard was partially destroyed. A small barn was destroyed. On Rock Creek Bay, part of the western end of Lake Hamilton, a boat dock and party barge were overturned. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Hill | $400,000 | People camping had to be rescued. Two camping trailers and three trucks floated away. The fire department rescuers became surrounded by high water. No injuries were reported. Severe flash flooding also occurred on Big Mazarn Creek and Meyers Creek. |
| February 2013 | Lightning | Pleasant Hill | $80,000 | A house was struck by lightning, causing a fire. Due to the amount of lightning in the area, firefighters delayed climbing onto the roof of the house. Four people lived in the house, but no one was injured. |
| January 2013 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Hill | $15,000 | More than a foot of water was flowing across Central Ave. in Hot Springs. State troopers had to block off the road. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | $1,000 | A tree was blown down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | Trees and several powerlines were blown down near Highway 70 and Hobby Hill Road near Rockwell. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Hill | - | Water over the roadway. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Pleasant Hill | - | Tennis ball sized hail fell between Pleasant Hill and Rockwell via mPING. |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwell | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hempwallace | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pettyview | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Piney | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Hamilton | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Sunshine | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Lofton | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Chandler | 5.4 miles | 8 |
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 Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7203836 | 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 73123. 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.