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Harrisburg, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hurricane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84737. It stands on Harrisburg Flat. The Survey maps it on the Harrisburg Junction quadrangle. It stands 2,995 feet above sea level.

Harrisburg within Washington County

On record in Harrisburg

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Orson Adams Farmstead, Harrisburg Flats, Harrisburg, Washington County, UT
Orson Adams Farmstead, Harrisburg Flats, Harrisburg, Washington County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Harrisburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,818 acres in total. 42 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/undetermined50
Natural42
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony9
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTELEGRAPH
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMM18 I15
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLEEDS ASST #2
9 September 2003Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMM 17
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDixie National ForestLEEDS CREEK
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestCAROLINA
6 September 2012Natural5.2 acresDixie National ForestHEATH WASH
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestSILVER REEF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 108 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 108 workings within 5 miles of Harrisburg: 73 past producers, 15 occurrences, 10 prospects, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Uranium. 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
Chloride ChiefSilver, Uranium, Copper, VanadiumPast ProducerCarnotite, Cerargyrite, Malachite, Vanadinite
Hot Rock #1Uranium, Vanadium, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Hot Rock No.1Vanadium, Silver, UraniumPast Producer
NevadaCopper, Uranium, SilverPast Producer
Newton Mine - NicholsSilver, Uranium, CopperProspectUnderground
Sand PitSilicaPast Producer
Vanderbilt No.5 MinesSilver, Copper, UraniumPast Producer
Clay PitBentonitePast ProducerSedimentary
Clay PitBentonitePast Producer
East Section 27 ProspectGemstoneOccurrencePetrified Wood

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Leeds2.9 miles17
Silver Reef3.5 miles18
Harrisburg Junction3.6 miles17
Hurricane5.9 miles17
LaVerkin6.6 miles17
Toquerville6.7 miles18
Anderson Junction7.2 miles18
Washington8.0 miles19

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 HarrisburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5665195The 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 1437583. 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.