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Harrisburg, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Pell City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35125. It stands on Dunlap Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pell City quadrangle.

Harrisburg within St. Clair County

On record in Harrisburg

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

134 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Harrisburg between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,440 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 43 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 burning64
Arson/incendiarism43
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-17

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Harrisburg: 6 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Riverside PitClayProducer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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
Park Hill0.3 miles21
Pell City0.5 miles21
Walkerton0.6 miles21
Avondale Village0.7 miles21
Oak Ridge0.8 miles21
Glen City1.1 miles21
Crestview Gardens1.1 miles21
Eden1.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164694. 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.