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.
Population over time
2 figuresPrattsville 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 305 | |
| 2020 | 289 | -16 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Prattsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
146 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H Jordan | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
32 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Prattsville | $20,000 | A 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | $10,000 | A tree fell on a boat. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | $5,000 | Trees were blown down in Prattsville. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Prattsville | - | Golf-ball sized hail fell in the town of Prattsville. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | A tree fell and landed across a road blocking both lanes of traffic near the community of Buie. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | Several tree limbs blown down in the town of Buie. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Prattsville | - | Highway 291 north of Prattsville was closed due to high water. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Prattsville | - | Highway 291 north of Prattsville was close due to high water. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | Trees downed. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and caused damage to several roofs and vehicles. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buie | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Turin (historical) | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Poyen | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lenham | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| McLean (historical) | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Arthur (historical) | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Dogwood | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Thiel | 5.8 miles | 9 |
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 Prattsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2660609 | 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 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.





