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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.

Prescott within Columbia County

Population over time

3 figures

Prescott 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.

YearPeople Change
200072
201055-17 (-24%)
202082+27 (+49%)

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

128 since 1992

Regional 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 burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony17
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes5
Fireworks3
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
8 September 1998Smokingunder an acreColumbia City UnitNICOLAI ROAD #1
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOWL CREEK
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEMERALD 2
6 September 2003Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMILE POST 35
4 September 2003Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia City UnitNICOLAI RD #1
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOTTONWOOD POINT FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bauxite Kalama-RainerAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Columbia West QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Kalama-Ranier Bauxite OccurrenceAluminumOccurrence
Babler Bros.StonePast Producer
Bob Walker PitStonePast Producer
C ZimmermannStonePast Producer
Columbia West Materials & ConstStonePast Producer
Goble QuarryStonePast Producer
Grahm Pit & PlantStonePast Producer
Just-A-Mere Farm IncStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Lindbergh2.0 miles12
Goble2.4 miles12
Reuben2.8 miles12
Beaver Springs3.2 miles12
Beaver Homes3.7 miles12
Rainier3.8 miles12
Hudson (historical)7.5 miles15
Apiary7.9 miles15

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 PrescottAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3458896The 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.