BlockHarris, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Laurel-Petersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It stands on Tar Fork. The Survey maps it on the Head of Grassy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1950 USGS Head Of Grassy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Head of Grassy quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Harris between 1999 and 2019, burning about 722 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 308 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LAUREL |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROSEBERRY RD. FIRE |
| 19 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAZEL HOLLOW |
| 16 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER TWIN BR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harris in 1 storm report in 2017: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Harris | - | Water was reported flowing over part of Laurel Creek Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Point (historical) | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Awe | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Emerson | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Upper Indian Creek (historical) | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Stricklett | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Crum | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Petersville | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Kinniconick | 9.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508196. 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.