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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.

Harriet within Tom Green County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

54 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDALE LN GRASS FIRE
22 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4093 US 67 NORTH
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
21 August 2008Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4138 US 67 NORTH
15 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSKID POND GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tom Green County

Storms near this place

21 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Flash FloodHarriet$500,000This 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 2024HailHarriet-The public reported dime to ping pong ball size hail.
May 2023HailHarriet-A trained spotter reported hail 3 inches in diameter 2 miles south of Miles.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHarriet-The public reported a large tree that was mostly uprooted and knocked over.
March 2021HailHarriet-A member of the public tweeted a picture of golf ball size hail near Harriet using Twitter.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHarriet-The public estimated 50 to 60 mph winds.
June 2019Flash FloodHarriet-Law enforcement reported numerous roads flooding in San Angelo, especially low water crossings and neighborhood streets.
May 2019Flash FloodHarriet-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 2018HailHarriet-The media reported 1.5 inch hail off Duckworth Road in Harriet.
May 2015HailHarriet-Nickel size hail was reported on U.S. Highway 67 just southwest of Miles.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindHarriet-A ranch owner emailed pictures of numerous large tree limbs down.
August 2006Flash FloodHarriet-County officials reported water over the road on FM 1692 in eastern Tom Green County.
April 2026HailHarriet-no account filed
May 2020HailHarriet-no account filed
April 2013HailHarriet-no account filed
May 2010HailHarriet-no account filed
April 2008HailHarriet-no account filed
October 2001HailHarriet-no account filed
January 1999HailHarriet-no account filed
June 1996HailHarriet-no account filed
May 1996HailHarriet-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tom Green County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Kiesling5.4 miles15
Mullins Crossing5.4 miles14
Sixmile Crossing5.5 miles13
Veribest5.8 miles13
Alvery Junction6.9 miles17
Sixteen Mile Crossing7.4 miles14
Orient7.6 miles15
Seventeen Mile Crossing8.2 miles14

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 HarrietAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3470504The 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.