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Prattville, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95923. The Survey maps it on the Almanor quadrangle. 24 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,534 feet above sea level.

Prattville within Plumas County

Then and now

1886 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Prattville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Prattville, surveyed 1886

Population over time

2 figures

Prattville fell from 33 to 24 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
201033
202024-9 (-27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Prattville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined37
Recreation and ceremony24
Natural23
Debris and open burning18
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLassen National ForestHUMBUG
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPlumas National ForestPOWERHOUSE
5 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLassen-Modoc Unitnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen National ForestSTUMP
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestCOOL
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLassen National ForestPRATTVILLE
3 September 2007Smoking3.5 acresLassen National ForestBUTT CREEK
27 September 1997Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresLassen National ForestREST II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas 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 Prattville: 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Silver, Gold, Copper. 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
Hill TopGold, SilverPast Producer
Little FieldGold, CopperOccurrenceVein
LittlefieldCopperOccurrence
QuarryStoneOccurrence
Synthetic Iron Color CompanyBarium-BariteUnknown
Larton PlacerGoldProspect
Mule ShoeGoldPast Producer
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Almanor1.1 miles26
Lake Almanor Country Club3.0 miles28
Lake Almanor Peninsula3.1 miles28
Lake Almanor West3.2 miles26
East Shore4.6 miles27
Peninsula Village4.7 miles28
Canyondam5.1 miles27
Hamilton Branch5.7 miles25

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 PrattvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2553690The 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 265028. 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.