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Harris Hill, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clarence town. It lies in ZIP code area 14221. The Survey maps it on the Lancaster quadrangle. 5,839 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 728 feet above sea level.

Harris Hill within Erie County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harris Hill, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Harris Hill, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Harris Hill grew from 5,508 to 5,839 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.

YearPeople Change
20105,508
20205,839+331 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

454 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 454 fires within 5 miles of Harris Hill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 26 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined247
Natural74
Smoking34
Recreation and ceremony32
Arson/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning17
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use5

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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Harris Hill: 10 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Buffalo Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Lancaster QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lancaster Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
North and South QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Atlas Gypsum Company MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Clarence Center MineGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary
Clarence Center Mine & MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
National Gypsum Company MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Clarence Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Clarence Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harris Hill in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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 2018Thunderstorm WindHarris Hill$50,000Several parked tractor trailers tipped over.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindHarris Hill$10,000Law enforecment reported trees and debris on Route 33.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindHarris Hill$10,000Law enforecment reported trees down near Transit Road.
July 2009HailHarris Hill$5,000no account filed
March 2020Thunderstorm WindHarris Hill$2,000Trees and power lines down onto Stony Road between Pleasant View and Genesee St in Lancaster.
July 2021Heavy RainHarris Hill-no account filed
July 2021Heavy RainHarris Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Erie 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
Bowmansville1.9 miles19
Williamsville3.2 miles19
Woodstream Farms3.5 miles27
Clarence Center3.8 miles27
East Amherst3.8 miles27
Depew4.3 miles19
Pavement (historical)4.4 miles19
Lancaster4.4 miles19

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 HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3460446The 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 952264. 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.