BlockPrairie City, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64780. It stands on Willow Branch. The Survey maps it on the Papinville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1887 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Butler quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1934 USGS Papinsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Papinsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Papinville quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Prairie City: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thayer Brothers Quarry # 4 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prairie City in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Prairie City | - | Several spots along HWY A and B east and west of Rich Hill were flooded due to heavy rain. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Prairie City | - | Approximately 2 feet of water was reported over the road, near the intersection of Highway B and Highway O. Willow Creek was reported out of its banks. Rainfall totals in the area were estimated from 2 to 3 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papinville | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Rockville | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Reynard (historical) | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Gap | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Peru (historical) | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hudson | 9.7 miles | 15 | |
| Rich Hill | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Athol | 12.6 miles | 17 |
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 Prairie City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16321393 | 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 724829. 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.
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.