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Pratt, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pratt City. It lies in ZIP code area 67124. The Survey maps it on the Pratt quadrangle. 6,603 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,886 feet above sea level.

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Pratt within Pratt County

On record in Pratt

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Pratt fell from 6,835 to 6,603 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
20106,835
20206,603-232 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

34 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Pratt between 2015 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning10
Fireworks5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKansas Forest Service25
15 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKansas Forest Service24
27 August 2015Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service44
23 August 2017Smokingunder an acrePratt County47
5 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service19
5 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service20
4 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service16
4 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service17

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pratt County

Storms near this place

60 of 324 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pratt in 324 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 194 hail, 95 thunderstorm wind, 13 heavy rain, 11 flash flood. 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
May 2002Tornado (F2)Pratt$20,000,000This very large tornado moved southeast across much of Pratt. Damage was rated a STRONG F2. There were 14 homes destroyed, 15 with major damage and 230 with minor damage. Over 50 Pivot sprinklers were damaged or destroyed. Despite the very heavy damage, there were no injuries thanks in part to adequate warnings.
October 2018FloodPratt$2,500,000Heavy rainfall and runoff caused extensive flooding along the Ninnescah river flooding the city park, Memorial lake and the Kansas Department of Wildlife offices and rearing ponds. At the lake, several vehicles, tents and campers were inundated by flood waters. At the fish hatchery at the KDWP offices, many of the ponds were breached washing fingerling fish and brood fish out into the swollen river.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindPratt$850,000Microburst occurred...centered about 4 miles north of Pratt. The impact point was 4 miles north of Highway 54 and 1/2 mile east of Highway 281. Area extended 3 miles northwest through southwest with the greatest damage at the Pratt airport. Five buildings had considerable damage...7 with major damage and 18 had minor damage. Debris was carried for miles past the impact point. A John Deere tractor had a 16 foot long 2x4 impaled into the engine compartment. Three sprinkler irrigation systems were destroyed.
May 1995HailPratt$100,000Hail the size of cantaloupes was reported. Unspecified damage was done.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPratt$55,000A pivot irrigation sprinkler was overturned.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindPratt$50,000Center pivot sprinkler overturned.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindPratt$20,000A large shed was blown down.
June 2004HailPratt$20,000Hail covered the ground 2 inches deep. Several houses were damaged with broken windows and damaged siding
September 1994HailPratt$20,000Hail the size of golf balls broke windows nine miles south of Pratt at 1600 CST.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindPratt$15,000There were 24 power poles that were broken by the high wind.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindPratt$10,000Ten power poles were blown down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindPratt$8,000Numerous 6 to 8 inch limbs blown down. One large tree fell on a pickup truck.
July 2025Flash FloodPratt$5,000The Emergency Manager reported multiple roads across Pratt flooded.
July 1994HailPratt$5,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindPratt$4,000Four inch diameter tree limbs blown down along with power lines.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindPratt$3,000Six power poles blown down.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindPratt$2,500Five power poles broken.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindPratt$1,000Porch blown off back of home.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindPratt$1,000no account filed
April 2026HailPratt-Public reported 2 inch hail near the Pratt Community College. Time estimated via radar.
April 2026HailPratt-Social media report of half-dollar sized hail at Pratt County Lake.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPratt-Pratt County Landfill recorded a 62 mph wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPratt-Public report estimating 60 mph gusts south of Pratt.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPratt-A report of estimated 65 mph winds come from the Public about 3 miles south of Pratt.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindPratt-Personal weather station Pratt County Landfill recorded a 71 mph wind gust.
September 2025HailPratt-The emergency manager reported 1 inch hail.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPratt-Picture on social media of tree uprooted.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPratt-Wind gust of 65 mph.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindPratt-Mesonet site recorded a wind gust of 64 MPH.
May 2024Heavy RainPratt-Rainfall report of 1.32 inches.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindPratt-A tree tood down a powerline when it fell.
May 2023Heavy RainPratt-In one hour, 1.31 inches of rain fell.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPratt-Four inch tree limbs broken just south of US 54 and Wes River Road.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindPratt-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
September 2019Heavy RainPratt-Rainfall of 6.80 inches was reported.
September 2019Heavy RainPratt-Rainfall of 7.78 inches was observed.
September 2019Flash FloodPratt-Much of the city park and surrounding area was flooded.
September 2019Flash FloodPratt-Numerous roads were flooded and numerous cars were flooded in parts of Pratt.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindPratt-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindPratt-Winds were estimated to be gusting to 70 MPH.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindPratt-Winds were estimated to be gusting to 80 MPH.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindPratt-Winds of 70 MPH were estimated.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindPratt-Winds of 70 MPH were accompanied by quarter sized hail.
September 2019HailPratt-Winds were also estimated to be 70 MPH.
September 2018FloodPratt-Many streets were closed due to flooding streets.
September 2018Heavy RainPratt-Five inches was rain was measured.
September 2018Heavy RainPratt-Rainfall of 1.52 inches was measured.
September 2018Heavy RainPratt-Rainfall of 2.24 inches was measured.
July 2018Heavy RainPratt-Rainfall of 4.90 inches was observed.
March 2017HailPratt-Heavy rainfall was also observed.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPratt-Large tree branches were broken by the high wind.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPratt-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindPratt-This report was relayed by Emergency Management.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindPratt-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPratt-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH between Pratt and Coats.
August 2013HailPratt-There was also a 53 MPH wind gust as the hail was falling.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindPratt-Numerous power lines were blown down in and around Pratt. The entire city was without power as well as in Cullison and Iuka. Numerous trees were reported down from Cullison to Pratt.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPratt-Wind gusts of 60 MPH were observed.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPratt-Winds were estimated to be at least 80 MPH.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPratt-A 10 to 12 inch diameter tree was blown down. There was also quite a bit of sign damage along with numerous 4 to 5 inch diameter tree branches broken.

Every storm recorded in Pratt 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
Iuka5.9 miles14
Natrona6.1 miles14
Waldeck6.8 miles14
Cullison8.9 miles14
Cairo9.7 miles14
Coats10.2 miles14
Sawyer10.5 miles14
Byers12.1 miles14

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 PrattAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q606988The 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 473937. 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.

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.