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Pleasant Hill, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78745. The Survey maps it on the Oak Hill quadrangle.

Pleasant Hill within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

130 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill between 2005 and 2020, burning about 157 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined82
Smoking18
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2008Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Booth QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Dean Word Company Abandoned PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dean Word Company OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lawson Booth Abandoned PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Travis County

Storms near this place

14 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Hill in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 5 flash flood, 3 lightning, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Flash FloodPleasant Hill$10,000,000Historical rains occurred in the morning hours of the 30th across much of south Austin. This flooding caused high water and major flooding along Onion Creek and Dry Creek, along with other creeks and rivers in Austin/Travis County. 86 homes were damaged near Dry Creek, with several hundred more across southern sections of south Austin and Travis County. This area experience unprecedented rainfall and rainfall rates, on the order of 7 inches of rain per hour, maybe higher. 2 and 3 hour rain totals hit 12+ inches. Due to high rainfall totals the previous week, this intense rain on the 30th caused massive runoff. Cars were underwater on Highway 71 near Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Areas that were not known to flood, saw flooding for the first time in decades. In total, Austin and Travis County saw close to 600 homes flooded, over 100 of those were destroyed. Damage to infrastructure and repair totals more than 10 million dollars. This total does not include insured/uninsured losses to homes.
June 2009LightningPleasant Hill$150,000Lightning struck a residence on Encinal Cove and started a house fire.
April 2018LightningPleasant Hill$10,000Lightning struck a house on Manchaca Rd. in southern Austin. Fire caused significant damage to the attic.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down a tree onto a fence in South Austin.
March 2008LightningPleasant Hill$5,000A house fire was caused by a lightning stirke in the 800 block of Huntington place in south Austin. There was minor roof damage.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill$3,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that snapped a large tree at Menchaca Rd. and William Cannon Dr. in south Austin.
May 2020Flash FloodPleasant Hill-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Parts of I-35 that were under construction were flooded as were streets in the area. CoCoRaHS observers reported 2.5 to 3 inches of rain.
May 2020HailPleasant Hill-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in South Austin.
October 2019Flash FloodPleasant Hill-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The Austin Fire Department made a water rescue in the 700 block of North Bluff Dr. in southern Austin. Rainfall reports in the area were three to four inches.
October 2019Flash FloodPleasant Hill-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The Austin Fire Department made a water rescue in the 700 block of Turtle Creek Blvd. in southern Austin. Rainfall reports in the area were between three and four inches.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindPleasant Hill-Public reports via Twitter that tree limbs in the Grand Oaks neighborhood of South Austin were downed. Trees and limbs varied in size from 6 to 12 inches in diameter.
February 2012Flash FloodPleasant Hill-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding and closed numerous roads in southern Austin including the 5200 block of Joe Tanner Lane, the 5000 block of Wasson Road, the 6800 block of Old Bee Caves Road, and the 10000 block of David Moore Drive. Rainfall totals in the area ranged from 1.9 to 2.8 inches.
April 2014HailPleasant Hill-no account filed
April 2014HailPleasant Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Travis 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
Vinson1.9 miles18
Bluff Springs2.3 miles18
Sunset Valley2.8 miles18
Ford Oaks3.2 miles18
Kincheonville3.2 miles18
Williamson3.4 miles18
Tanglewood Forest3.5 miles18
Onion Creek3.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1375497. 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.