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.
Then and now
1910 to 1997The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1910 USGS Stony Creek quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:25000
- 1997 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
25 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BIG BROOK |
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | THOMPSON MT |
| 5 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SHORT ONE RANGER FIRE |
| 15 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 June 2016 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | NEEDA GUENTHER |
| 27 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 23 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 June 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Prospect | Feldspar, Quartz | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Tornado (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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakertown | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Knowelhurst | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Fullers | 5.0 miles | 23 | |
| Stony Creek | 7.8 miles | 23 | |
| Garnet Lake | 9.9 miles | 25 | |
| Oregon | 10.7 miles | 25 | |
| Thurman | 12.1 miles | 27 | |
| Fourth Lake | 13.4 miles | 25 |
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.









