Harrison, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Harrison town. It lies in ZIP code area 54487. The Survey maps it on the Harrison quadrangle. It stands 1,598 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:48000
- 1952 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Tomahawk quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Harrison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 September 2018 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | LON BASCO LANE |
| 26 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2001 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harrison in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrison | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Harrison | - | Quarter size hail fell near Harrison. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrison | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Harrison. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrison | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Harrison. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrison | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Harrison. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrison | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Harrison. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Harrison | - | Hail to at least quarter size fell in Harrison. The time of this report is estimated. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Harrison | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrison | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrison | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrison | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrison | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrison | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5665485 | 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 1566089. 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.






