Harpersville, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Breckenridge South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76437. It lies near Double mountain. The Survey maps it on the Harpersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1890 USGS Breckenridge quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Harpersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineral Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Harpersville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 6,006 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 162-BELDING FIRE |
| 10 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLWICK FIRE |
| 27 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1032 FIRE |
| 26 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCINTIRE FIRE |
| 1 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COMPRESSOR STATION FIRE |
| 9 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR.162 |
| 26 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,935 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR156 FIRE |
| 23 July 2017 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 192 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunsight | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Wayland | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Eolian | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Eureka | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Mankins Mill | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Necessity | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| South Hanlon | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Breckenridge | 10.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378421. 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.




