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Harriet, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Rock Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72639. It lies near Cartwright Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Harriet quadrangle. It stands 896 feet above sea level.

Harriet within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Harriet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,027 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 77 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/incendiarism77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony3
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 2011Equipment and vehicle use30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2012Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy 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 Harriet: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Clay, Copper, Manganese. 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
Orville Pemberton placeManganese, Quartz, Iron, Phosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
TomahawkCopperPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
ChurchillZincPast Producer
Mays & RedwineZincPast Producer
RubyZincProspect
WinchesterZincProspect

Every working recorded in Searcy County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harriet in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2009: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHarriet$5,000Shingles were off a roof and a sign was blown over.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHarriet-Power lines were down across the area.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindHarriet-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some road signs at Harriet.
August 2001HailHarriet-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindHarriet-no account filed
August 1998HailHarriet-no account filed
April 1996HailHarriet-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Searcy 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
Lone Pine2.6 miles15
Evening Star2.8 miles16
Rock Springs3.4 miles15
Cozahome3.7 miles16
Fairview3.8 miles15
Barren Hollow3.8 miles15
Morning Star4.2 miles15
Landis5.6 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 HarrietAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5664015The 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 77126. 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.