Harris, Minnesota
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Harris City. It lies in ZIP code area 55032. The Survey maps it on the North Branch quadrangle. 1,111 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 906 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
Sayer Houselisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresHarris fell from 1,132 to 1,111 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 | 1,132 | |
| 2020 | 1,111 | -21 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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 Rush City quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rush City quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS North Branch quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grantsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Harris between 1992 and 2020, burning about 365 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | HENRY |
| 23 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Harris: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E F Hals Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harris in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Hail | Harris | $2,000,000 | Widespread hail damage to houses, barns, outbuildings, vehicles, and crops. Hail size was estimated. Some hail did not melt until the next morning. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | $250,000 | Several trees were blown down in Harris, Minnesota. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | $100,000 | A NWS Storm Survey determined that severe straight-line winds and occasional downburst winds, damaged hundreds of trees between Harris and Rush City along County Road 30. Some of the trees landed on vehicles, roofs and sheds. One machine shed had its roof blown off. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | A few trees were blown down near Harris, along Falcon Drive at 425th St. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Harris | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported in the northern portion of Chisago County. The time was estimated. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | A handful of trees were downed. The time was estimated. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris | - | Three trees were downed. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Harris | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Funnel Cloud | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stark | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| North Branch | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Oakwood Court | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Rush City | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Sunrise | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Branch | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Rush Point | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Kost | 8.6 miles | 14 |
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 Q2231653 | 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 644685. 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.








