BlockHarrisburg, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Southwest Glades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33944. The Survey maps it on the Palmdale quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Palmdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
160 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Harrisburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,871 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 43 |
| Natural | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (GL) MAIN STREET (505) |
| 2 September 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GL-EUCALYPTUS FIRE-1144 |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | 35 acres | Florida Forest Service | WESTSIDE EUCALYPTUS (22) |
| 24 August 1996 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LYKES 74 (22) |
| 7 July 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LITTLE DOG |
| 6 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BROADWAY (22) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harrisburg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harper Brothers - Palm Dale | Sand | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmdale | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hall City | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ortona | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fort Centre | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lakeport | 10.6 miles | 12 | |
| Goodno | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Muse | 11.8 miles | 12 | |
| Washington Park | 13.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294798. 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.