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Prattville, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Tulsa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74063. It stands on Fisher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sapulpa North quadrangle.

Prattville within Tulsa County

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

9 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Prattville between 2005 and 2018, burning about 2,581 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
14 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPawnee AgencyMULE
27 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOsage AgencyBLACK JACK
7 March 2010Debris and open burning488 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSEVEN MILE FIRE
16 March 2018Arson/incendiarism1,500 acresOsage AgencyS.S. CASINO
13 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPawnee AgencyYALE 2
3 November 2006Arson/incendiarism162 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeCHAPPEL
25 November 2005Debris and open burning40 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeROSKO
11 November 2005Natural125 acresOsage AgencyWILLOW SPR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulsa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Prattville: 11 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Arkansas No.1 Dredge and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tulsa County

Storms near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prattville in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 2019FloodPrattville2 killedThe Arkansas River near Tulsa rose above its flood stage of 18 feet at 12:30 am CDT on May 22nd. The river crested at 23.41 feet at 3:00 pm CDT on the 29th, resulting in major flooding. This was the second highest crest on record. Severe flooding occurred along the Arkansas River in Tulsa County, with some homes in south Tulsa and Bixby flooded. Riverside Drive in Tulsa was closed in places. A man fell into the river in Tulsa on the 26th, and another waded into the river. Both men drowned. Monetary damage from this flood is unknown. The river remained above flood stage through the end of May, and finally fell below flood stage at 6:30 am CDT on June 1st.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPrattville$30,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a large barn at Angus Valley in Sand Springs.
April 2020HailPrattville$20,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and the roofs of homes.
April 2020HailPrattville$20,000Golfball size hail damaged vehicles and the roofs of homes.
October 2019HailPrattville$20,000no account filed
June 2019FloodPrattville-The Arkansas River near Tulsa rose above its flood stage of 18 feet at 12:30 am CDT on May 22nd. The river crested at 23.41 feet at 3:00 pm CDT on the 29th, resulting in major flooding. This was the second highest crest on record. Severe flooding occurred along the Arkansas River in Tulsa County, with some homes in south Tulsa and Bixby flooded. Riverside Drive in Tulsa was closed in places. Monetary damage from this flood is unknown. The river remained above flood stage through the end of May, and finally fell below flood stage at 6:30 am CDT on June 1st.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPrattville-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to near 60 mph on Highway 97 near W 41st Street in Sand Springs.
November 1999Tornado (F0)Prattville-Several spotters reported a tornado near highway 97 1 mile east of Pratteville. No damage was reported.
October 2019HailPrattville-no account filed
May 2017HailPrattville-no account filed
April 2017HailPrattville-no account filed
May 2001HailPrattville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tulsa 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
Shirk1.3 miles14
Fisher2.1 miles15
Sand Springs2.5 miles16
Gray2.7 miles16
Lake3.1 miles16
Price3.4 miles16
Oakhurst3.5 miles14
Kengle4.2 miles16

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 Q7238792The 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 1096918. 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.