BlockPleasant Hill, Kentucky
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42064. It stands on Pleasant Hill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 20 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.
- 1916 USGS Cave in Rock quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Fords Ferry quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Fords Ferry quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill (historical) between 1997 and 2017, burning about 84 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SINKHOLE PASTURE |
| 9 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAULEY BROWN RD. |
| 23 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NIPPER ROAD |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 December 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 November 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | AIRPORT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill (historical): 1 plant, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallingford Prospect | Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, Zinc | Occurrence | 1898 | |
| C.D.Chick Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Lucile Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| R. F. C. Mill | Fluorine-Fluorite | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Crooked Creek (historical) | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Tribune | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Piney Fork | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Crayne | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Repton | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Sisco Chapel (historical) | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Mattoon | 5.4 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743700. 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.