BlockPleasant Hill, Nebraska
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Arnold Township. It lies in ZIP code area 69120. The Survey maps it on the Davenport Table quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Davenport Table quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,981 words on this townshipHistory of Custer County, Nebraska; a Narrative of the Past, with Special Emphasis Upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, Its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religous, and Civic Developement from the Early Days to the Present Time, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Arnold Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Arnold Township - 1,981 words.
Fires near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill between 2008 and 2015, burning about 624 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 August 2012 | Natural | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 400 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Finchville | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Dale (historical) | 13.7 miles | 11 | |
| Anselmo | 14.8 miles | 11 | |
| Callaway | 15.4 miles | 11 | |
| Merna | 16.9 miles | 11 | |
| New Helena | 19.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lodi | 21.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835415. 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.