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Pleasant Ridge, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the DeFuniak Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32435. It stands on Fish Pond Branch. The Survey maps it on the De Funiak Springs West quadrangle.

Pleasant Ridge within Walton County

Then and now

1935 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pleasant Ridge, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Pleasant Ridge, surveyed 1935

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

205 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 590 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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
Railroad operations and maintenance43
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use28
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism19
Smoking12
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks3
Other causes2

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
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSMITH RD (66)
21 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2019Other causes12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMILLARD GAINEY (66)
17 September 2010Fireworksunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/SMITH RD-0535
17 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Ridge: 2 prospects. None of them 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
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

11 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Ridge in 11 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge$3,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 331 south of I-10.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge$3,000Trees were blown down at the intersection of Pleasant Ridge Road and Bob Sikes Road. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge$3,000Trees were blown down around 2644 Bob Sikes Road. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge$3,000Trees were blown down near the intersection of Bond Drive and Cosson Road. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge$1,000A large tree branch was snapped and fell on a power line along Coy Burgess Loop, causing the power line to come down.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge-A tree was blown down onto Coy Burgess Loop.
September 2020Flash FloodPleasant Ridge-Flooding was reported on Boy Scout Road.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindPleasant Ridge-All I-10 eastbound lanes were closed near mile marker 83 due to downed trees.
September 2015Flash FloodPleasant Ridge-Cosson Road was flooded and closed at the bridge due to flooding.
September 2015Flash FloodPleasant Ridge-Water rose up to the bridge on Corbin Ganey Road.
April 2014FloodPleasant Ridge-Spence Road off of Highway 81 was flooded and closed.

Every storm recorded in Walton 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
Cosson Mill0.6 miles17
Sconiers Mill1.1 miles17
Steele Church3.4 miles17
De Funiak Springs3.7 miles15
Dixon3.9 miles17
Alpine Heights4.1 miles17
Walcan5.2 miles15
Koerber5.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295550. 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.