Harrisburg, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 43126. It stands on Hellbranch Run. The Survey maps it on the Harrisburg quadrangle. 315 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHarrisburg fell from 320 to 315 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. 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 320 | |
| 2020 | 315 | -5 (-2%) |
Then and now
1923 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 63 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
13 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.
- 1923 USGS West Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS West Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
2 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Harrisburg between 2003 and 2003, burning about 1 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 March 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 782 shownMuseums hold 782 specimens collected within 10 miles of Harrisburg between 1854 and 1975: 685 Animalia, 58 Fungi, 39 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, A.J. Sharp, B.R. Bales and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart | 1854 | Buker, W.E. | where Rt. 3 crosses Big Darby Creek |
![]() | Chiloscyphus ascendens (Wilson & Hook.) Sull. | 1885 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
![]() | Frullania eboracensis Lehm. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
![]() | Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
![]() | Tortella humilis (Hedw.) Jenn. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
![]() | Anomodon minor (Hedw.) Lindb. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Cambarus rusticus Girard, 1852 | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Hellbranch Run |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Hell Branch, Franklin County, Ohio |
![]() | Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Breckinridge Run, Franklin County, Ohio |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1897 | Williamson & Osburn | Georgesville, Franklin Co., Ohio |
![]() | Erimyzon sucetta (Lacepède, 1803) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Hell Branch, Franklin County, Ohio |
![]() | Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1897 | not recorded | Hell Branch, Franklin County, Ohio |
All 782 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Harrisburg: 2 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyview Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Skyview Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millers (historical) | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Darbydale | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Corners | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Ridpath (historical) | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Wrightville | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Autumn Grove | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Holton Run | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Landings At Quail Creek | 5.7 miles | 12 |
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 Harrisburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2498612 | The 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 1064801. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.
























