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Harrisonville, Illinois

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Precinct 15. It lies in ZIP code area 62295. The Survey maps it on the Valmeyer quadrangle.

Harrisonville within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

34 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Harrisonville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources62220
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
12 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 July 2008Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesUNION PACIFIC
6 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesVAL 1
30 June 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesKOCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Harrisonville: 20 past producers, 8 producers, 2 plants. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
(Facility) Herculaneum SmelterLead, SmelterPlant
Crystal City Sand PlantSand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Festus Pit & PlantSilicaPast Producer
Martin Marietta Sand PitSilicaProducer
Unimin MineSilicaProducer
Unimin PlantSilicaProducer
Arch Johnston Excav Quarry/PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Aubuchon's MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Columbia Quarry No. 3Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harrisonville in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
April 2023Thunderstorm WindHarrisonville$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew a small section of roof off of an outbuilding.
April 2023Tornado (EF0)Harrisonville-A tornado touched down at 6:39 PM CDT just east of intersection of Harris Road and B Road and tracked to the east northeast. There was some minor roof damage to a couple of outbuildings before the tornado crossed Bluff Road, around 2.6 miles south southwest of Valmeyer. For the remainder of the tornado path the damage was mostly to trees. However, a house sustained minor roof damage on Deer Hill Road, about 2.4 miles southeast of Valmeyer. Then the tornado lifted and dissipated around 6:46 PM CDT. Overall the tornado was rated EF0 with a max wind speed of 85 mph. The tornado path length is 4.97 miles with a max path width of 100 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.
May 2016Flash FloodHarrisonville-Up to two inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Maeystown Creek was out of it's banks and flooding some roads in town.
March 2008Tornado (EF0)Harrisonville-A weak tornado initially touched down a quarter of a mile northwest of the intersection of Levee Road and Berger Road in the flood plain. Three witnesses saw the tornado move east across an open field. The tornado did damage a garage about a quarter of a mile northwest of the intersection of Berger Road and B Road. Some large tree limbs were also down at this location. About a quarter mile east of the garage, a barn sustained minor damage before the tornado lifted and dissipated.
May 2024HailHarrisonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Valmeyer4.4 miles26
Woodville (historical)4.4 miles26
Monroe City4.7 miles26
Mitchie4.7 miles19
Madonnaville5.5 miles19
Chalfin Bridge6.3 miles19
Merrimac6.5 miles26
Fountain6.9 miles26

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 HarrisonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5666228The 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 409867. 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.