Harrisonville, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Scipio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45769. The Survey maps it on the Albany quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1980The same ground, surveyed 73 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.
- 1907 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
14 since 2009The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Harrisonville between 2009 and 2020, burning about 37 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15198 |
| 6 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4253 |
| 6 April 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4254 |
| 25 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4626 |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11945 |
| 9 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15444 |
| 5 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 248 shownMuseums hold 248 specimens collected within 10 miles of Harrisonville between 1840 and 1973: 212 Animalia, 31 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. H. Jones, Charles M. Roberts, Clark, Joseph; Riddell, John Leonard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ustilago sorghi (Ehrenb. ex Link) Pass. | 1899 | Kellerman, W. A. | FLORA OF OHIO |
![]() | Odontostephana obliqua (Jacq.) Alexander | 1963 | William G. Gambill Jr. | |
![]() | Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart | 1963 | William G. Gambill Jr. | |
![]() | Asplenium trichomanes L. | 1840 | Clark, Joseph; Riddell, John Leonard | Meigs County, Ohio |
![]() | Trichostrongylus Looss, 1905 | 1906 | E. Stevenson | Clifton |
![]() | Bunostomum trigonocephalum (Rudolphi, 1808) | 1912 | D. Mote | Carpenter |
| Heterakidae | 1912 | D. Mote | Carpenter | |
| Obeliscoides cuniculi (Graybill, 1923) | 1912 | D. Mote | Carpenter | |
![]() | Oesophagostomum columbianum Curtice, 1890 | 1912 | D. Mote | Carpenter |
![]() | Gymnosporangium globosum (Farl.) Farl. | 1916 | Nixon, E. L. | Pomeroy |
![]() | Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Leading Creek, trib of the Ohio drainage Langsville, Rutland Twp |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Leading Creek, trib of the Ohio drainage Langsville, Rutland Twp |
All 248 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
9 since 2001The National Weather Service names Harrisonville in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisonville | $10,000 | Several trees and large branches were blown down. Electric power outages occurred. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisonville | $5,000 | Trees fell onto power lines along Route 143. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisonville | $1,500 | A tree fell onto power lines near State Route 143 outside of Rutland. |
| January 2022 | Flood | Harrisonville | $1,000 | Flooding led all lanes on State Route 143 to be closed from New Lima Road to Wagner Lane. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Harrisonville | $1,000 | State Route 143 outside of the town of Pomeroy was closed for a brief time due to high water. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisonville | $1,000 | Trees and large branches fell along Route 143. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Harrisonville | $500 | High water caused the closure of State Routes 124 and 143. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Harrisonville | - | State Route 143 was closed from Old Landfill Road to Township Road 1004 due to flooding. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Harrisonville | - | Route 143 was closed due to flooding between Routes 684 and 124. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horner Hill | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Welsh | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pageville | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Snowville | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bunker Hill (historical) | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lima | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Wolfpen | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Martinsburg (historical) | 4.7 miles | 13 |
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 Harrisonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133803 | 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 1048820. 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.
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.






















