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Prattsville, Arkansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72129. The Survey maps it on the Prattsville quadrangle. 289 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 299 feet above sea level.

Prattsville within Grant County

Population over time

2 figures

Prattsville fell from 305 to 289 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010305
2020289-16 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

146 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Prattsville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 961 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 36 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 burning59
Arson/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Prattsville: 8 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
H JordanSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

32 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prattsville in 32 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2008Tornado (EF1)Prattsville$20,000A tornado destroyed a barn, a shed, a cattle shed, and a covered pavilion at a cemetery. Four cows and a donkey were killed. Dozens of trees were snapped off or blown down. The tornado exited Grant County, north of Ico, and moved into Saline County, south of East End.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPrattsville$10,000A tree fell on a boat.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPrattsville$5,000Trees were blown down in Prattsville.
March 2024HailPrattsville-Golf-ball sized hail fell in the town of Prattsville.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-A tree fell and landed across a road blocking both lanes of traffic near the community of Buie.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-Several tree limbs blown down in the town of Buie.
February 2018Flash FloodPrattsville-Highway 291 north of Prattsville was closed due to high water.
February 2018Flash FloodPrattsville-Highway 291 north of Prattsville was close due to high water.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-Trees downed.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-Several trees were blown down.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and caused damage to several roofs and vehicles.
April 2023HailPrattsville-no account filed
June 2020HailPrattsville-no account filed
May 2009HailPrattsville-no account filed
April 2009HailPrattsville-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-no account filed
March 2004HailPrattsville-no account filed
August 2003HailPrattsville-no account filed
August 2003HailPrattsville-no account filed
May 2002HailPrattsville-no account filed
June 2002HailPrattsville-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-no account filed
August 2000HailPrattsville-no account filed
May 1999HailPrattsville-no account filed
March 1999HailPrattsville-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-no account filed
February 1996Thunderstorm WindPrattsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Buie2.6 miles8
Turin (historical)4.1 miles9
Poyen4.6 miles9
Lenham4.6 miles9
McLean (historical)5.1 miles9
Arthur (historical)5.4 miles8
Dogwood5.6 miles9
Thiel5.8 miles9

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 PrattsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2660609The 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 53780. 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.