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.
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
- Orson Adams Farmstead, Harrisburg Flats, Harrisburgfederal building survey, 12 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS St. George quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS St. George quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Hurricane quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS La Verkin 3 NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS St. George quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Harrisburg Junction quadrangle1:24000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 50 |
| Natural | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TELEGRAPH |
| 9 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MM18 I15 |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LEEDS ASST #2 |
| 9 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MM 17 |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | LEEDS CREEK |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | CAROLINA |
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | 5.2 acres | Dixie National Forest | HEATH WASH |
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | SILVER REEF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 108 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloride Chief | Silver, Uranium, Copper, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite, Cerargyrite, Malachite, Vanadinite | |
| Hot Rock #1 | Uranium, Vanadium, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Hot Rock No.1 | Vanadium, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Nevada | Copper, Uranium, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Newton Mine - Nichols | Silver, Uranium, Copper | Prospect | Underground | |
| Sand Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Vanderbilt No.5 Mines | Silver, Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Clay Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| East Section 27 Prospect | Gemstone | Occurrence | Petrified Wood |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Silver Reef | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Harrisburg Junction | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hurricane | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| LaVerkin | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Toquerville | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Anderson Junction | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Washington | 8.0 miles | 19 |
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 Harrisburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5665195 | 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 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.








