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Harrison, Nebraska

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bowen precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69346. The Survey maps it on the Harrison West quadrangle. 239 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,865 feet above sea level.

Harrison within Sioux County

On record in Harrison

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

Population over time

4 figures

Harrison grew from 111 to 239 between 1890 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.

YearPeople Change
1890111
2000279
2010251-28 (-10%)
2020239-12 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Harrison between 2008 and 2018, burning about 5 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
21 July 2008Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 July 2017Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNebraska National ForestCLIFFS #1
11 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 March 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sioux County

Storms near this place

60 of 119 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harrison in 119 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 88 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 2 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
June 1999HailHarrison$20,000Golfball size hail reported on east side of Harrison, NE
June 1999HailHarrison$10,0002.50 inch hail reported 22 miles northeast of Harrison, NE
June 1999HailHarrison$3,000Golfball size hail reported 22 miles northeast of Harrison, NE
July 2009HailHarrison$2,000Hail from 3/4 to 1.5 inches in diameter reported. Some windows broken.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindHarrison$2,000Thunderstorm winds blew down fences 42 miles south of Harrison, NE
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHarrison$1,000A 6 inch diameter tree limb was broken off. Also received 1.30 inches of rain. Estimated time of report.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHarrison-Trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gust.
July 2023HailHarrison-Report for golf ball sized hail 11 miles north northwest of Fort Robinson.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHarrison-Large tree branch greater than 6 inches broke and fell on house due to thunderstorm wind. Time estimated via radar.
September 2023HailHarrison-The public reported golf ball sized hail in the town of Harrison.
September 2023HailHarrison-Tennis ball sized hail was reported by a Storm Chaser in the town of Harrison.
July 2019Funnel CloudHarrison-A funnel cloud was repeatedly dropping and lifting 18 miles north of Harrison.
July 2019HailHarrison-Large hail broke the windows on the driver's vehicle.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindHarrison-Severe winds from overnight thunderstorm knocked down several large tree limbs on property.
June 2017HailHarrison-Golf ball size hail was observed two miles north of Harrison.
June 2017Heavy RainHarrison-One and a third inches of rain fell in 45 minutes four miles northwest of Harrison.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHarrison-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were observed.
July 2017HailHarrison-Quarter to half dollar size hail was observed northeast of Harrison.
September 2016HailHarrison-Golf ball size hail was reported 17 miles northeast of Harrison.
September 2016HailHarrison-Pea to golf ball size hail covered the ground nine miles northeast of Harrison.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindHarrison-Estimated 60 mph wind gusts were reported at Harrison, with scattered power outages. A rotating wall cloud was sighted south of Harrison.
September 2016HailHarrison-Quarter size hail was reported four miles northeast of Harrison.
June 2015HailHarrison-Quarter size hail was observed at Harrison.
June 2015HailHarrison-Quarter size hail was observed at Harrison.
June 2015Flash FloodHarrison-Two to four inches of rain in less than two hours produced flash flooding. Warbonnet, Van Tassel and Monroe Creeks were running over their banks with lowland flooding reported.
June 2015HailHarrison-Quarter size hail was observed eight miles north-northwest of Harrison.
July 2015HailHarrison-Quarter size hail was observed four miles northwest of Harrison.
July 2015HailHarrison-Quarter size hail was observed four miles west-northwest of Harrison.
July 2015HailHarrison-Quarter size hail was observed 20 miles north of Harrison.
April 2014HailHarrison-Quarter size hail was reported north of Harrison.
May 2014HailHarrison-Penny to quarter size hail was reported west of the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.
May 2014HailHarrison-Penny to quarter size hail was observed seven miles northeast of Watson Ranch.
June 2014HailHarrison-Quarter size hail was observed 14 miles south-southeast of Harrison.
July 2014HailHarrison-Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported in Harrison.
September 2014Heavy RainHarrison-Three and three-quarters inches of rain was reported.
July 2014HailHarrison-Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported in Harrison.
June 2014HailHarrison-Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was observed eight miles west of Fort Robinson.
August 2013HailHarrison-Dime to quarter size hail was reported south of Harrison.
August 2013HailHarrison-Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported south of Harrison.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Harrison-A weak tornado was on the ground for five minutes before it lifted. The observer was looking west from State Highway 71. No damage was reported.
July 2013HailHarrison-Penny to quarter size hail was reported south of Harrison. Several eaves troughs were damaged.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHarrison-NDOR sensor measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 64 mph.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Harrison-Report received from 911 operator that public reported tornado, storm chaser in the area only reported funnel cloud.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Harrison-Brief touchdown in open area with no damage reported.
June 2010HailHarrison-Estimated time of report.
July 2010HailHarrison-Most of the hailstones were quarter size, with some larger stones the size of half dollars. Also had 60-70 MPH winds with very heavy rainfall.
May 2010HailHarrison-Time of report was 1100MST.
July 2010HailHarrison-Some as big as half dollars.
July 2009HailHarrison-Thunderstorm also produced 2.40 inches of rainfall at location.
July 2009Flash FloodHarrison-Runoff from heavy rain caused Indian Creek to overflow into adjacent meadows for a short time.
July 2008HailHarrison-Also brief wind gusts estimated from 40 to near 60 mph.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHarrison-Estimated wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph with some 3/4 inch hail.
September 2005HailHarrison-Quarter to golfball sized hail reported along with estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
May 2003HailHarrison-3/4 to 1 inch diameter hail reported.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Harrison-Tornado reported over open country.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindHarrison-5 inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindHarrison-60 mph wind gust reported at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.
July 2000HailHarrison-Hail covered the ground 3 inches deep.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Harrison-Tornado reported north of Henry, NE
June 1999Tornado (F0)Harrison-Tornado 10 miles north of Scottsbluff, NE

Every storm recorded in Sioux 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
Andrews8.8 miles8
Five Points12.1 miles8
Glen16.8 miles8
Story17.0 miles8
Montrose18.2 miles8
Agate19.0 miles12
Joder21.2 miles8
Orella24.8 miles8

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 HarrisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2046091The 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 829824. 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.