Pleasant Hill, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Mineral Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30559. It lies near Piney Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Bluff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
396 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 396 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 709 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 53 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 | 252 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | ALLEN CIRCLE |
| 26 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Bluff Area | Iron | Past Producer | Stratabound Concordant | |
| Mineral Bluff Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Dillard & Prince Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Samples Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Arp Property | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| The Dickey Property | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| The Hame String Creek Property | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| The Park Property | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| The Youngstone Creek Property | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coles Crossing | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Windy Ridge | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Hothouse | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Cutcane | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Brown Mill | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Mineral Bluff | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Union | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Rocky Gap (historical) | 2.8 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332712. 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.













