Harris, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Quinlan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75474. It stands on Jones Creek. The Survey maps it on the Poetry quadrangle.

Harris within Hunt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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.

1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Quinlan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Poetry quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

252 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Harris between 2000 and 2020, burning about 2,274 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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	173
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	43
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Smoking	8
Arson/incendiarism	8
Natural	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
8 September 2011	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	1667 PR 2541
6 September 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HUNT
6 September 2013	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BRUSH FIRE
6 September 2011	Smoking	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HWY 276 & FM 751
4 September 2005	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LINDEN - 337
30 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	FINSTED FIRE
16 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	60 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	NORTH BRANCH - 402
14 September 2010	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	C.R. 2278

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hunt County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Harris: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Able Springs Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
	Johnes Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Quinlan	2.8 miles	12
Hawk Cove	3.7 miles	13
Boles Home	5.8 miles	13
Whitehead	5.9 miles	10
West Tawakoni	6.5 miles	13
Union Valley	6.6 miles	11
Cash	8.7 miles	13
Weiland	10.8 miles	6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1889851. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.