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Pratt, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Current River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63935. It stands on Merrell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Doniphan South quadrangle.

Pratt within Ripley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Pratt between 1992 and 2018, burning about 315 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 September 1997Debris and open burning37 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2007Debris and open burning30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2016Debris and open burning24 acresMissouri Department of Conservation135631-09100-04082016-1405
5 April 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ripley 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 Pratt: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
C H Martin Land No 2IronProspect
C H Martin Land No 3IronProspect
B.L. Williams Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
York Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ripley County

Storms near this place

2 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pratt in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 2 hail. 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
June 2023HailPratt-The hail occurred at a convenience store on Route A at the Arkansas border.
March 2022HailPratt-Video shared on social media indicated one-inch diameter hail covered the ground near Poynor.

Every storm recorded in Ripley 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
Current View3.5 miles12
Poynor4.1 miles13
Purman4.5 miles11
Lede6.0 miles12
Doniphan6.3 miles12
Doyle6.4 miles13
Leibig6.5 miles13
Owenmont6.7 miles12

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 Q28018071The 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 724906. 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.