Harriet, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Tom Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76905. The Survey maps it on the Harriet quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Hayrick quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hayrick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Harriet quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Harriet quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Robert Lee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Harriet between 2005 and 2020, burning about 968 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DALE LN GRASS FIRE |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4093 US 67 NORTH |
| 17 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4138 US 67 NORTH |
| 15 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SKID POND GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harriet in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 14 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Harriet | $500,000 | This flash flood impacted Tom Green County and San Angelo, flooding several homes and numerous roads and low water crossings across the city and county. Loop 306 was flooded at Knickerbocker Road and Jefferson Street. Water covered U.S. Highway 87 and surrounding fields for a considerable distance about 1 mile east of Wall. At 1139 PM CDT, a NWS employee, located 6 miles south southwest of San Angelo, measured 4.64 inches of rain in a 90 minute period. A woman was rescued from a car that was swept away 3 miles west southwest of San Angelo at the Southwest Boulevard low water crossing. At 103 AM CDT, the San Angelo Regional Airport was closed because of flooding and flights were diverted to Abilene. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Harriet | - | The public reported dime to ping pong ball size hail. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Harriet | - | A trained spotter reported hail 3 inches in diameter 2 miles south of Miles. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harriet | - | The public reported a large tree that was mostly uprooted and knocked over. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Harriet | - | A member of the public tweeted a picture of golf ball size hail near Harriet using Twitter. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harriet | - | The public estimated 50 to 60 mph winds. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Harriet | - | Law enforcement reported numerous roads flooding in San Angelo, especially low water crossings and neighborhood streets. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Harriet | - | Broadcast media reported flooded low water crossing across San Angelo. Also, a vehicle was reported to have been swept away at Southwest Blvd south of Loop 306. Also, there were reports of vehicles submerged at Jackson Street by Angelo State University. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Harriet | - | The media reported 1.5 inch hail off Duckworth Road in Harriet. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Harriet | - | Nickel size hail was reported on U.S. Highway 67 just southwest of Miles. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harriet | - | A ranch owner emailed pictures of numerous large tree limbs down. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Harriet | - | County officials reported water over the road on FM 1692 in eastern Tom Green County. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Harriet | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Harriet | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Harriet | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Harriet | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Harriet | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Harriet | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Harriet | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Harriet | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Harriet | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiesling | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mullins Crossing | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sixmile Crossing | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Veribest | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Alvery Junction | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Sixteen Mile Crossing | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Orient | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Seventeen Mile Crossing | 8.2 miles | 14 |
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 Harriet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3470504 | 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 1379899. 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.







