BlockBefore

Harrison, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Harrison Village. It lies in ZIP code area 54915. The Survey maps it on the Sherwood quadrangle. 12,418 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 804 feet above sea level.

Harrison within Calumet County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

21 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Harrison between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. None 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/undetermined16
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources338
15 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20CL029
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesAP00199
25 July 2018Smoking1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18BU001
19 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources200931
19 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources235
19 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1260
13 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1218

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calumet County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Harrison: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Perlite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Midwest Perlite Co.PerlitePlant
Own CrewsStoneUnknown
Van Handel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Badger Highway Menasha QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Monnot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Calumet County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harrison in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2012Flash FloodHarrison$250,000Flash flooding caused authorities to close many roads across Calumet County. The Village of Hilbert sustained the worst flooding, with approximately 100 homes impacted. A flooded creek washed out a section of asphalt on Cemetery Road near Forest Junction and ripped away the culvert. One motorist was injured while attempting to cross the missing section of road during the predawn hours. The driver was hospitalized and the front wheels were torn from the vehicle.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHarrison$3,500Thunderstorm winds damaged a sturdy large wooden playset.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHarrison-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Harrison. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2016Tornado (EFU)Harrison-A weak waterspout formed northwest of Stockbridge on eastern Lake Winnebago and moved southeast before dissipating. No damage occurred.
August 2011Funnel CloudHarrison-A well developed funnel cloud was videotaped by the public near Harrison.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHarrison-Damaging winds knocked down trees and power lines at the intersection of State Highway 55 and County Road EE.

Every storm recorded in Calumet 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
Darboy1.2 miles11
Utowana Beach2.2 miles11
Highland Beach3.0 miles11
High Cliff (historical)4.8 miles11
Sherwood5.5 miles11
Harrison (historical)6.9 miles11
Dundas7.3 miles9
Dorns Faro Springs Beach7.3 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 HarrisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14714446The 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 2747576. 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.