Pleasant Green Hill, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hopkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Green Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Pleasant Green Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pleasant Green Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Green Hill between 2001 and 2019, burning about 247 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 June 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MEDIAN FIR |
| 7 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOPKINSVILLE /MT ZION |
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Green Hill: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Old Highway Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Green Hill in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Green Hill | $150,000 | Trees, power lines, and power poles were blown down. Trees fell on at least several vehicles. Tree limbs were down on roads, blocking several of them. The roof over an indoor pool at an apartment complex on the southwest side of Hopkinsville was ripped off. Large trees at the complex were snapped or uprooted. Vehicles in the parking lot of the complex were damaged by falling trees. A window was broken, and shingles were blown off apartment building roofs. Northwest of the city, a pole barn was destroyed and the roof of a home was damaged. About 4,000 utility customers lost power. |
| February 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Pleasant Green Hill | $20,000 | The path of this EF-0 tornado started on the west side of the Pennyrile Parkway, then moved northeast across Lake Morris. At least four barns or sheds were damaged, primarily due to partial loss of roofing and siding. One camper trailer was overturned. Limbs were broken off hundreds of trees. Some trees were uprooted. There was one eyewitness account of the tornado near the start of the damage track. The track ended on the northwest side of Highway 107. Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Green Hill | $2,000 | A tree was downed over Old Madisonville Rd. Power outages were reported in Hopkinsville. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Pleasant Green Hill | - | Hail measured to nickel size fell on Douglas Combs Rd off of KY-109 north of Hopkinsville. |
| July 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Pleasant Green Hill | - | A small funnel cloud was visible on the Christian County Kentucky Mesonet webcam. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Pleasant Green Hill | - | A trained spotter sighted a tornado on the west side of U.S. Highway 41 near Lake Blythe. The touchdown appeared to be brief. This tornado was spawned from the same supercell that produced a brief tornado in western Christian County north of Highway 68. Maximum winds were estimated near 70 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinking Fork | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Kelly | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Palestine (historical) | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hopkinsville | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Canton Pike | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cavanaugh | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Walnut Grove | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Merrittstown | 6.2 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122562742 | 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 500804. 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.




