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Harris Grove, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hazel-Lynn Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42071. The Survey maps it on the Lynn Grove quadrangle.

Harris Grove within Calloway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

20 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Harris Grove between 1997 and 2014, burning about 98 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 2012Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTAYLOR TRA
17 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHONEY BEE LANE
3 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calloway County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harris Grove: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Farmington Clay MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Calloway County

Storms near this place

6 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harris Grove in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2016Thunderstorm WindHarris Grove$40,000Three houses and some outbuildings were damaged. Numerous large trees were uprooted. A barn door was blown off. Most of the damage was minor except for an attached garage that suffered considerable damage.
January 2013Flash FloodHarris Grove$20,000A secondary road was closed due to heavy rain that washed away the road surface.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHarris Grove$1,000A tree was blocking Swan Road.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindHarris Grove-Several trees were blown down in Murray and near Harris Grove.
September 2006Funnel CloudHarris Grove-Amateur radio operators reported a funnel cloud.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindHarris Grove-A continuous damage path from straight-line thunderstorm winds began at the Graves County line and continued northeast, ending at the southwest edge of Murray. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down, including some that landed on cars and one home. Light structural damage occurred to roofs, and shingles were blown off. Average winds in the damage area were estimated around 65 MPH, except 85 MPH near the town of Wiswell. Including the start of the damage path in Graves County, the length of the damage area was 11 miles. The width of the damage area averaged one-half mile. The damage area ended on South 16th Street in southwest Murray.

Every storm recorded in Calloway 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
Lynn Grove1.4 miles10
Wiswell2.3 miles10
Protemus3.0 miles10
Bakers Crossroads3.9 miles13
West Murray4.9 miles13
Stella5.1 miles11
Halfway (historical)5.1 miles13
Crossland5.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508197. 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.