Pratt, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in East Oak Bluff-Blue Cane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72461. The Survey maps it on the Rector quadrangle.

Pratt within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1935 USGS Rector quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Rector quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Rector quadrangle1:62500
1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Rector quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

3 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pratt between 1997 and 1998, burning about 43 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	1
Debris and open burning	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
11 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 1997	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 February 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Pratt: 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Guy Bucy	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
I Golden	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
I Stahl	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Johnson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Melvin Copeland Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Stahl Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Stahl Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Stahl Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Tri-County Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Trs Trucking Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Clay 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hammett (historical)	2.2 miles	12
Rector	2.2 miles	14
Hargrave Corner	2.8 miles	12
Mitchell	3.7 miles	12
Greenway	4.4 miles	12
Leonard	4.8 miles	12
Heubner	5.5 miles	14
Holly Island Community	6.1 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62513. 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.