Pleasant Hill, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Days Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71854. It stands on Hooker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Domino quadrangle. It stands 259 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1909 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Domino quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
208 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,332 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 26 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 | 111 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 420 STIPP LANE |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUCHANAN RD/SMITH RD |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 634 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill: 14 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoot Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Hill in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Pleasant Hill | 3 hurt, $50,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines were snapped along Blackman Ferry Road and along CR 10. A porch and its contents were blown off the back of the home and strewn downstream one half mile. Damage also extended west to State Line Road. Injuries occurred along Blackman Ferry Road where a powerpole fell on a car injuring the driver and two passengers. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | $60,000 | Several trees were downed along County Road 28. Trees fell across two vehicles and one home. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Hill | $20,000 | An automobile was flooded and stalled on South State Line Road. High water rescue was needed. No injuries were reported. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Hill | - | Widespread flooding across Miller County, with multiple roads flooded and closed, stranded motorists with high water rescues needed, and evacuations of some homes across the county. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 237 northwest of Fouke. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 237 near County Road 28. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Hill | - | US 167 at 9th Street...US Hwy. 71 at East Street and Hwy. 237 north of the airport were all closed due to flooding. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | Large tree limbs downed on power lines just north of the Bright Star community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson Crossroads | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sylverino | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Boyd | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Wona (historical) | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Gertrude | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Genoa | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Roberts (historical) | 8.0 miles | 16 |
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 Q7203840 | 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 63116. 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.






