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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 54129. It sits by High Cliff. The Survey maps it on the Sherwood quadrangle. It stands 988 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

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

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Harrison (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 12 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
14 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources47
23 May 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources31
14 March 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources427
5 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources428

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 (historical): 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Lefeber PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mueller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bishop QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
J and E QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
Dorns Faro Springs Beach1.7 miles10
High Cliff (historical)2.2 miles11
Rockaway Beach3.1 miles10
Sherwood3.2 miles11
Highland Beach3.8 miles11
Saint Catherines Bay3.9 miles10
Stockbridge4.3 miles10
Sunset Beach5.2 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 Harrison (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5665481The 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 1577629. 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.