Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
“Pleasant Hill Methodist Church is a United Methodist church in Pleasant Hill, Saline County, Arkansas. The church was built by Walter Overhault in 1894 to replace the previous log structure used by the congregation.”
Wikipedia article Pleasant Hill Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 20 National Register listings published here for Saline County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill Methodist Church between 1997 and 2020, burning about 847 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 42 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 | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 29 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill Methodist Church: 4 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Nickel, Nickel, Talc-Soapstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Talc-Soapstone, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Nickel, Talc-Soapstone | Prospect | ||
| Wallis Soapstone Pit | Talc-Soapstone, Nickel | Prospect | ||
| Duke-Warner Pit | Nickel, Talc-Soapstone | Prospect | ||
| Inman Soapstone Prospect | Nickel, Talc-Soapstone | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Nickel | Occurrence | Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Soapstone |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hester-Lenz House | 7.5 miles | 2004 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000684 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Saline County | All 20 listed properties in this county. |
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