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Harrisburg, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Stony Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 12878. It stands on Halfway Brook. The Survey maps it on the Harrisburg quadrangle.

Harrisburg within Warren County

Then and now

1910 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harrisburg, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Harrisburg, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Harrisburg between 1994 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBIG BROOK
5 August 2019Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersTHOMPSON MT
5 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSHORT ONE RANGER FIRE
15 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 June 2016Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersNEEDA GUENTHER
27 June 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
23 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 June 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harrisburg: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Quartz. 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
Wells ProspectFeldspar, QuartzProspect

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harrisburg in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 tornado. 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
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Harrisburg-A National Weather Service storm survey, with assistance from satellite imagery, was able to determine an EF1 tornado touched down in the Wilcox Lake Wild Forest. The tornado began in eastern Hamilton county between Spruce Mountain and Steve Bigle Mountain and continued northeastward crossing into Warren County just south of Jimmy Creek. The tornado continued northeastward across Warren County before dissipating near the southern portion of Georgia Creek. Widespread tree damage occurred within the tornado path in the Wilcox Lake Wild Forest. Estimated peak winds were 110 mph with a total path length of 4.56 miles and a path width of 200 yards.

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Bakertown3.0 miles23
Knowelhurst3.9 miles23
Fullers5.0 miles23
Stony Creek7.8 miles23
Garnet Lake9.9 miles25
Oregon10.7 miles25
Thurman12.1 miles27
Fourth Lake13.4 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952277. 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.