Prairie View, Arkansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72863. It stands on Prairie View Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Scranton quadrangle. It stands 423 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #1 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Prairie View between 1992 and 2017, burning about 693 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 20 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PINE RIDGE |
| 1 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Prairie View: 17 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arkansas Cherry Blend Stone Co | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Arkansas Wild Rose Stone Co | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Texas Ledgestone | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Arkansas Rainbow Stone Quarry &Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Midway Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Needham Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| River Mountain Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prairie View in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prairie View | - | Barn roofs destroyed with metal roof debris scattered across roads and fields. Significant trees knocked down near Prairie View. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EF2) | Prairie View | - | This tornado began just downstream of Prairie Mountain southwest of Fox Road. Along Fox Road, five of six chicken houses were completely destroyed. Debris from the chicken houses was blown across Fox Road into an adjacent tree line. The tornado continued northeast crossing Highway 288 removing roofing material off of a house and a couple more chicken houses sustained damage. A two car garage was blown off the foundation; no wall attachments were found connected to the slab. The tornado crossed Highway 109 and Hillcrest Lane uprooting trees and removing the roofing material off of an outbuilding while completely flattening another outbuilding. The tornado continued northeast crossing Stoney Point Road, Weiterer Road, Grenwelge Lane, to the intersection of Dublin Road and Highway 197 at the community of Dublin. The tornado uprooted some hardwood trees in this location before lifting. This tornado had maximum estimated winds of 120 mph and was rated an EF-2. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prairie View | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scranton | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Shoal Creek | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Midway | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Dublin | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Johnson | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Scholastica | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Ellsworth (historical) | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Morrison Bluff | 3.7 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Prairie View | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7238018 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78094. 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.










