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Harvey, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Northeast Brazos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77845. The Survey maps it on the Bryan East quadrangle.

Harvey within Brazos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 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

259 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Harvey between 1999 and 2020, burning about 514 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined95
Debris and open burning53
Equipment and vehicle use48
Smoking32
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1

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 2015Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15-5694 BOSWELL FIRE
8 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15-5687 HWY 158 FIRE
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15-5661 SANDSTONE FIRE
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-0004464 HARVEY MITCHELL HOT SPOT
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-0004997 GRASSBUR BRUSH FIRE
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-0004415 HARVEY MITCHELL HOT SPOT
4 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service17-6142 EARL RUDDER FIRE
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE9-3-2015

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brazos County

Storms near this place

23 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harvey in 23 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 14 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2016Tornado (EF1)Harvey$7,000,000Tornado touched down in College Station near the 900 block of Lincoln Avenue. It then followed an intermittent track through the Home Depot parking lot then across Route 6 just north of the intersection with University Drive. It crossed a field then produced a more continuous damage path through the Wheeler Ridge subdivision then across the Miramont subdivision. The tornado was observed to lift just north near the intersection of route 1179 and Riverstone Drive. The tornado was rated at the top of the EF1 scale as a few of the homes had significant portions of roofs removed. Majority of damage was EF0 to low-end EF1. Damage dollar amounts are estimated.
May 2024Flash FloodHarvey$400,000Hwy 30 in College Station just to the east of Hwy 6 was inundated with floodwaters, making it impassable. Dollar damage estimates are cumulative including recent events within one month prior.
April 2019Tornado (EF2)Harvey$400,000The tornado caused significant damage to one residential home and four warehouse and commercial buildings. Damage to the warehouse and commercial buildings was EF-2 with surrounding EF-0 to EF-1 damage. One injury occurred to a male in one of the warehouses.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHarvey$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree, which fell onto and damaged a mobile home.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHarvey$8,000A greenhouse was destroyed by high wind. A satellite dish was blown off a home with surrounding tree damage.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindHarvey$6,000A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds that damaged the roof and the garage door of a home near the intersection of Highway 30 and FM 158.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHarvey$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees near the intersection of University Drive and the Hwy 6 bypass. Power lines were downed near the bypass and Harvey Road.
May 2020HailHarvey$3,900Quarter sized hail was reported in the Copperfield area to the east of Bryan.
March 2025HailHarvey-Hail was reported via MPING near College Station.
March 2025HailHarvey-Hail was reported via MPING near College Station.
March 2025HailHarvey-A member of the public reported 1.5 inch hail near College Station.
March 2025HailHarvey-Hail was reported via MPING near Byran.
March 2025HailHarvey-Hail was reported via MPING near College Station.
March 2025HailHarvey-A member of the public reported 1.75 inch hail in College Station.
March 2025HailHarvey-Hail was reported via MPING near College Station.
March 2025HailHarvey-Hail was reported via MPING near College Station.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindHarvey-A large oak tree was downed onto a truck in Copperfield Park in Bryan. Time was estimated based on radar.
April 2021HailHarvey-Quarter sized hail was reported.
April 2021HailHarvey-Quarter sized hail was reported.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHarvey-Multiple trees were downed near the intersection of FM 1179 and Copperfield Drive.
March 2018HailHarvey-Quarter sized hail was reported.
March 2018HailHarvey-Dime to nickel sized hail was observed near the Enchanted Oaks area.
July 2009HailHarvey-Severe thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail near Post Oak Mall at Harvey Road and the Hwy 6 bypass.

Every storm recorded in Brazos 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
Boonville2.8 miles11
Steep Hollow2.9 miles11
College Station3.6 miles11
Spear4.9 miles10
Bryan5.2 miles11
Koppe6.3 miles10
Reliance6.4 miles10
Channey Crossing7.3 miles10

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 HarveyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q114289342The 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 1379904. 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.