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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.

Pleasant Hill within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

208 since 1993

Regional 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 burning111
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism26
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service420 STIPP LANE
8 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUCHANAN RD/SMITH RD
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined78 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2004Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 634

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hoot Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2009Tornado (EF1)Pleasant Hill3 hurt, $50,000Numerous 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 2008Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill$60,000Several trees were downed along County Road 28. Trees fell across two vehicles and one home. No injuries were reported.
May 2009Flash FloodPleasant Hill$20,000An automobile was flooded and stalled on South State Line Road. High water rescue was needed. No injuries were reported.
April 2025Flash FloodPleasant 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 2023Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-A tree was blown down across Highway 237 northwest of Fouke.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-A tree was blown down across Highway 237 near County Road 28.
October 2009Flash FloodPleasant 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 2008Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-Large tree limbs downed on power lines just north of the Bright Star community.

Every storm recorded in Miller 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
Ferguson Crossroads4.0 miles16
Mount Pleasant4.7 miles15
Sylverino4.8 miles16
Boyd5.5 miles16
Wona (historical)6.1 miles15
Gertrude6.7 miles15
Genoa7.7 miles15
Roberts (historical)8.0 miles16

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 HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7203840The 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.