Harrisburg, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Velma-Alma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73533. The Survey maps it on the Harrisburg quadrangle.

Harrisburg within Stephens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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.

1901 USGS Addington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

10 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Harrisburg between 2005 and 2009, burning about 3,132 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Natural	2
Debris and open burning	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
6 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Chickasaw Agency	HIGH WIRE
25 August 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	1.2 acres	Chickasaw Agency	BACK FORTY
12 August 2006	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Chickasaw Agency	BLACK DOG
12 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Chickasaw Agency	R JACOBS
9 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2,921 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	VELMA WEST
22 March 2008	Arson/incendiarism	5.8 acres	Chickasaw Agency	DR. PEPPER
22 March 2005	Natural	60 acres	Chickasaw Agency	OIL LEASE7
10 March 2005	Natural	100 acres	Chickasaw Agency	JACOB 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stephens County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Harrisburg: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Stephens 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Santa Fe	5.3 miles	14
Velma	6.4 miles	14
Oklahoma Hills	8.0 miles	15
Dixie Park	9.2 miles	15
Loco	9.3 miles	14
Liberty	9.3 miles	15
Sunray	9.4 miles	15
Alma	9.5 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100479. 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.