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Pleasant Hill, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Linden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75563. The Survey maps it on the Carterville quadrangle.

Pleasant Hill within Cass County

On record in Pleasant Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

237 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,242 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 23 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 burning126
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM995
9 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY.11 WEST
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 381
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 184
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2000Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 372

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill: 6 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bonanza Mining CompanyIronPast Producer
Concord SchoolIronOccurrence
John DavisIronOccurrence
John Davis DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Siderite MineIronProducerLimonite, Siderite
Surratt DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
WarrenIronOccurrence
Warren DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite

Every working recorded in Cass County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Warren Springs1.3 miles10
Linden3.3 miles11
Carterville4.1 miles10
Almira4.1 miles10
Red Hill5.0 miles11
New Colony5.2 miles11
Caves Spring6.0 miles11
O'Farrell6.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378885. 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.