Harkeyville, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Richland Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76877. It stands on Flat Branch. The Survey maps it on the Algerita quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1885 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Algerita quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Algerita quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Harkeyville between 2005 and 2020, burning about 731 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THORTION FIRE |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMALL FIRE |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GAVIN FIRE |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNK |
| 17 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
| 6 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THORTON FIRE |
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 1031 |
| 4 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACKSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harkeyville in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Harkeyville | - | A storm chaser reported ping pong ball size hail. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harkeyville | - | Several large branches were blown down. The largest branches were 12 inches in diameter and were 8 to 10 feet long. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harkeyville | - | A few tree limbs were reported down as well as damage to the roof of a barn. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Harkeyville | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Harkeyville | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Harkeyville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Creek | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| San Saba | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Algerita | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fairview | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Sloan | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Richland Springs | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Creek | 10.0 miles | 14 | |
| McMillan | 10.3 miles | 15 |
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 Harkeyville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q116966218 | 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 1379890. 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.





