Harris, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Reeder Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66032. It stands on Kenoma Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harris quadrangle. 47 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 994 feet above sea level.
On record in Harris
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 1 record
- Samuel J. Tipton Houselisted 1975
Population over time
2 figuresHarris fell from 51 to 47 between 2010 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 51 | |
| 2020 | 47 | -4 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Harris quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Harris between 2015 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Anderson County | 1755026 |
| 11 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1858015 |
| 23 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1555018 |
| 22 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1555017 |
| 20 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Anderson County | 1755012 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Anderson County | 1752045 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Anderson County | 1755011 |
| 15 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1852056 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harris in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 17 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | Wind gust of 60 mph reported. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Harris | - | Many roads closed, flood prone areas experiencing high water. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Harris | - | Report of up to 3.25 inch hail. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | Estimated wind gust. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | Tree and building damage was reported across town. The size and extent of the damage was unknown. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | Winds estimated to be 80-90 mph. Multiple power lines down. Several tree branches as large as 8 inches in diameter were snapped and shingles were blown off of a home within the area of K-31 and 2300 Road. Two outbuildings were destroyed about one mile east of the same intersection. The buildings were described as old and not very sturdy. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | A large barn sustained damage to its overhead doors and some roof panels were removed. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Harris | - | Highway 31 near Harris was flooded with 8 to 9 inches of running water. Also several county roads flooded near Richmond. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | An emergency manager reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Harris | - | Running water was reported across Highway 31 near Harris. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | Small trees are blown down, with estimated 60 to 65 mph wind gust. Time is estimated. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | Thunderstorm winds sheared off the top quarter to third of trees measuring ten to twelve inches in diameter. Two grain bins were blown over, an outbuilding was toppled and a large tree was blown onto a house. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Harris | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2219588 | The 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 477484. 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.
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.








