BlockPleasant Hill, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rising Star census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76471. The Survey maps it on the Cisco South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1894 USGS Eastland quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cisco South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill between 2005 and 2018, burning about 2,448 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CACTUS JULE |
| 5 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 54 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORSE CREEK |
| 13 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BERRY |
| 12 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 130 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIMPSON II FIRE |
| 11 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIMPSON |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romney | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Mountain Top | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Nimrod | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Mangum | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Carbon | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Union Center | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Branton | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mitchell | 7.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378883. 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.