Harbin, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dublin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76446. It stands on Bell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dublin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1890 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
269 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Harbin between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,630 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 107 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 472 |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 6 EAST GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 242 |
| 6 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHLAND AVE GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 847 |
| 28 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 303 GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harbin in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 5 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Hail | Harbin | $50,000 | A social media report indicated baseball size hail near the intersection of CR 253 and FM 914, approximately 6 miles south of the city of Stephenville, TX. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Harbin | $20,000 | Six to eight inches of water was reported over Highway 67 approximately 5 miles southwest of Stephenville. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Harbin | - | Hail report received via mPing. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Harbin | - | The Erath County Sheriff's Department reported water on southbound Hwy 377 near County Road 195. Problems were also reported on FM 847, FM 914, FM 1702, and CR 251. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Harbin | - | Quarter size hail fell near the intersection of County Road 279 and Highway 377 between Dublin and Stephenville. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Harbin | - | Penny size hail fell 4 miles southwest of Stephenville. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Harbin | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Dublin | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Alexander | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bunyan | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Purves | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Shiloh | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Stephenville | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Welcome Valley | 8.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378415. 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.
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.





