Harrison, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Vian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74955. It stands on Shiloh Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sallisaw quadrangle.

Harrison within Sequoyah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1900 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1911 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Harrison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,716 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined	41
Debris and open burning	31
Arson/incendiarism	21
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Recreation and ceremony	9
Natural	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	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
9 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
6 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
6 September 1998	Smoking	3.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
4 September 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
25 September 2013	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
2 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30463
9 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30435
9 August 2011	Natural	14 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30436

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sequoyah County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Harrison: 4 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 Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sequoyah 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
Sadie	2.3 miles	15
McKey	4.4 miles	16
Sallisaw	5.1 miles	15
Brent	5.3 miles	15
Vian	7.7 miles	16
Pinhook Corner	8.1 miles	20
Seven Oaks	8.3 miles	14
Dwight Mission	8.8 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100480. 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.