Prescott, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Lynch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65542. It stands on Mullin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Prescott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 21 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.
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Raymondville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Prescott between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,573 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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 | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | BRABO BALES |
| 21 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Prescott: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Mill Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Martin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Seth Smith Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
41 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prescott in 41 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 25 flood, 9 flash flood, 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prescott | $100,000 | Downburst wind gusts destroyed two machine sheds that were 25 feet wide and 60 feet in length. Two corn cribs were also destroyed along with several down large trees. This damage occurred near the intersection of Highway E and Sand Shores Road south of Prescott. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Prescott | - | State Highway BB was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Prescott | - | State Highway BB was closed due to flooding along the Big Piney River. |
| April 2026 | Flood | Prescott | - | State Highway BB at Big Piney River was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Prescott | - | Route BB at Big Piney Creek was flooded and impassable. |
| June 2025 | Flood | Prescott | - | State Highway BB was closed due to flooding at the Big Piney River. |
| June 2025 | Flood | Prescott | - | State Highway BB was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2025 | Flood | Prescott | - | State Highway BB was closed due to flooding at the Big Piney River. |
| March 2024 | Flood | Prescott | - | State Highway BB was closed due to flooding along the Big Piney River. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Prescott | - | State Highway BB was closed due to flooding of the Big Piney River. |
| August 2024 | Flood | Prescott | - | Route BB was closed at the Big Piney River due to flooding. |
| December 2024 | Flood | Prescott | - | State Highway BB was closed due to flooding of the Big Piney River. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Prescott | - | State Highway BB was closed due to flooding of the Big Piney River. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Prescott | - | Flooding was reported at Boiling Springs Resort area near Big Piney River. |
| February 2023 | Flood | Prescott | - | Highway BB at the Big Piney River low water crossing was flooded and impassable. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Prescott | - | Highway BB at the Big Piney River was flooded and impassable. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Prescott | - | Highway BB near Boiling Spring Access was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Prescott | - | Route BB at Big Piney Creek was flooded and impassable. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prescott | - | Several tree were reported down via social media. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Prescott | - | The Big Piney River low water crossing at Highway BB was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Prescott | - | Highway BB was closed at the Boone Creek low water crossing due to flooding. |
| January 2020 | Flash Flood | Prescott | - | Excessive rain caused flooding on Highway BB at the Boone Creek closing the road. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Prescott | - | Route BB south of Licking closed due to flooding. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Prescott | - | Highway BB at the Big Piney River was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Prescott | - | There was up to 2 feet of water over State Highway BB at the Boiling Spring Access. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prescott | - | A few trees were blown down on State Highway E. |
| July 2016 | Flood | Prescott | - | Highway BB near Decker Road was closed due to flooding along the Big Piney River. |
| August 2015 | Flood | Prescott | - | State Highway BB at the Big Piney River was closed due to flooding. |
| November 2015 | Flood | Prescott | - | Route BB was closed due to flooding at the Big Piney River near the Boiling Spring Access. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Prescott | - | Route BB near the Big Piney River was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Prescott | - | Route BB was closed. |
| February 2013 | Flood | Prescott | - | MODOT reported that the low water crossing along Highway BB was flooded. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Prescott | - | Highway BB was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Prescott | - | Highway BB was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Prescott | - | A funnel cloud was reported by amateur radio. |
| January 2010 | Flood | Prescott | - | A low water crossing, on Route BB along the Big Piney River, was flooded and impassable. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Prescott | - | A low water crossing on state Highway BB was flooded and closed. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Prescott | - | State Route BB was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Prescott | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Prescott | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Prescott | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raftville (historical) | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Venable | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Ellsworth | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Oscar | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Licking | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Mahan | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Ellis Prairie | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mineral Springs City | 7.1 miles | 19 |
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 Prescott | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28089631 | 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 751753. 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.












