Mount Pleasant, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Quincy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32352. The Survey maps it on the Mount Pleasant quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Mt Pleasant quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Mt Pleasant quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Mt Pleasant quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
175 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 965 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 | 66 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CHAD (20)-0527 |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PHILLPIS RD (20) |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NEWBERRY RD **NOV** 20) |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | UPTAIN RD (20) 0601 |
| 3 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mount Pleasant in 11 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Pleasant | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto a power line off of Hazel Green Road. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Pleasant | $1,000 | Power lines were blown down across Howell Road. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Pleasant | $1,000 | A tree was blown down near Mt. Hosey Church Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Pleasant | - | A tree was blown down along Mt. Pleasant Road. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Mount Pleasant | - | Road closures occurred in Gadsden county due to washouts from flash flooding. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Pleasant | - | A tree was blown down in the 3400 block of Hutchinson Ferry Road. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Pleasant | - | A tree was blown down onto Hough Farm Road. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Mount Pleasant | - | A bridge washed out on Peck Betts Road due to a long duration of rainfall. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Pleasant | - | A tree was blown down near Mt Pleasant. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Pleasant | - | A couple of trees were blown down in Mt Pleasant. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Pleasant | - | A tree was blown down near Crystal Road in the vicinity of Howell Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardaway | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Gretna | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Grove | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Douglas City | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rosedale | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Greensboro | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Attapulgas (historical) | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Quincy | 7.5 miles | 13 |
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 Mount Pleasant | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6922814 | 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 287293. 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.







