BlockHarriston, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Clear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65276. It stands on Taylor Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pilot Grove South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1888 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Pilot Grove South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
682 words on this townshipA History of Cooper County, Missouri, from the First Visit by White Men in February, 1804, to the Fifth Day of July, 1876, published 1876 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Clear Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Clear Creek Township - 682 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Harriston in 2002, burning about 1 acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant Green | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Pilot Grove | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| New Lebanon | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Corioli (historical) | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Bellair | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Shackleford Crossing | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Chouteau Springs | 6.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740035. 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.