BlockPleasant Hill, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Southeast McCurtain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74740. The Survey maps it on the Haworth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Haworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Haworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
174 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,714 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 73 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10544 |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10541 |
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | FLAT FIRE |
| 30 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Ouachita National Forest | MIDNIGHT |
| 29 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10561 |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 850 |
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 Pleasant Hill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Hill in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | $15,000 | Several large oak...walnut and pecan trees were blown down. Damage was also reported to two large horse trailers. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | $500 | A NWS Survey determined straight-line wind damage in the Pleasant Hill and Union Grove communities just south of the town of Haworth. Damage consisted of mostly of downed trees and power lines, with structural damage to a chicken farm house, and a few sheds and outbuildings. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Pleasant Hill | - | Ping pong ball size hail reported near the intersection of Pleasant Hill Road and Red Slough Road. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Pleasant Hill | - | Penny to nickel size hail was reported via social media near Pleasant Hill Road about 5 miles south of Haworth. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Pleasant Hill | - | An EF-0 tornado with estimated maximum winds around 70 mph briefly touched down as it crossed Mudline Road several miles west-northwest of the Tom community. Here, it downed a couple of small and large tree branches before lifting. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Pleasant Hill | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1101594. 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.