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Harrison, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76705. The Survey maps it on the Elk quadrangle.

Harrison within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

83 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Harrison between 2003 and 2020, burning about 778 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use14
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWERLINE
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND/GRASS FIRE
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND/GRASS FIRE
26 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCCRAY FIRE
8 August 2011Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBARNETT FIRE
7 August 2003Debris and open burning115 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 29
5 August 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service16-2180018
29 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTHE BRANCH EE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Harrison: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pendley PitSilicaProducer
Burt Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Neeley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in McLennan County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harrison in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 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
November 2025Thunderstorm WindHarrison-A social media picture indicated large tree limbs down on Harrison Road between Waco and Hallsburg.
October 2010HailHarrison-Golf ball size hail was reported 1 mile northwest of Lake Creek Lake.

Every storm recorded in McLennan 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
Neale1.3 miles18
Hallsburg2.5 miles8
Lake Creek2.7 miles8
Oaklake3.5 miles18
Wardlaw3.9 miles18
Vemo4.9 miles18
Riesel5.2 miles8
East Waco5.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1358859. 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.

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.