BlockMount Pleasant, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Homer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30547. The Survey maps it on the Homer quadrangle.
On record in Mount Pleasant
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Mount Pleasant Historic Districtlisted 1996 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Homer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant between 1992 and 2019, burning about 347 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN005 |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-008 |
| 20 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 44 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BANKS-002 |
| 26 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BANKS-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Plant No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewelville | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Odis Crossroads | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Carlan | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pinefield Crossroads | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Homer | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Pruitt | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Arp | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Uvena | 5.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332434. 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.