Prescott, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Rainier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97048. It stands on Jack Falls. The Survey maps it on the Rainier quadrangle. 82 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 17 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresPrescott grew from 72 to 82 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 72 | |
| 2010 | 55 | -17 (-24%) |
| 2020 | 82 | +27 (+49%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1921 USGS Kalama quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rainier quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Rainier quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
128 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Prescott between 1992 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | NICOLAI ROAD #1 |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | OWL CREEK |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EMERALD 2 |
| 6 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MILE POST 35 |
| 4 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | NICOLAI RD #1 |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COTTONWOOD POINT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Prescott: 27 past producers, 10 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Kalama-Rainer | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| Columbia West Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Kalama-Ranier Bauxite Occurrence | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Babler Bros. | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bob Walker Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| C Zimmermann | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia West Materials & Const | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Goble Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Grahm Pit & Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Just-A-Mere Farm Inc | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindbergh | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Goble | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Reuben | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Beaver Springs | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Beaver Homes | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rainier | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hudson (historical) | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Apiary | 7.9 miles | 15 |
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 Q3458896 | 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 1125655. 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.






