Harvard, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75686. The Survey maps it on the Harvard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harvard quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
345 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 345 fires within 5 miles of Harvard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,056 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 | 234 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-937 |
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4114 |
| 8 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1085 FM 1520 |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODLAND HARBOR |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-933 |
| 5 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4114 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 2131 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harvard in 11 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvard | $250,000 | Numerous trees were downed north of Pittsburg, Texas including trees on some homes. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvard | $20,000 | A tree was downed on a home northwest of Pittsburg, Texas. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvard | $20,000 | A tree was downed onto a mobile home north of Pittsburg, Texas. There was no report of injuries. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvard | - | Camper trailers overturned at Big Al's Barefoot Bay north of Rocky Mound. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Harvard | - | Golf ball size hail reported near Lake Bob Sandlin Dam. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Harvard | - | Golf ball size hail fell near Lake Bob Sandlin on County Road 2320. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Harvard | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail fell on the north side of Pittsburg, breaking a car window. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Harvard | - | Ping pong ball size hail fell at the Walker Creek Apartments north of Pittsburg. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Harvard | - | Golfball size hail fell north of Pittsburg. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvard | - | Trees were blown down on County Road 2119. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Harvard | - | Baseball sized hail was reported along Hwy. 2418. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macedonia | 0.9 miles | 8 | |
| Rocky Mound | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pecan Heights | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pittsburg | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Spring Hill | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ebenezer | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Leesburg | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Crossroads | 8.8 miles | 12 |
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 Harvard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q116044596 | 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 1378423. 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.




