Harrisville, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Harris town. It lies in ZIP code area 53964. It stands on Westfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the Westfield East quadrangle. 90 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 820 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Montello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Westfield East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wisconsin Dells quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
170 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Harrisville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 196 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 were 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 | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Other causes | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8TH AVE FIRE |
| 2 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 10TH LANE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harrisville in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Harrisville | $50,000 | Slow moving thunderstorm cells trained over the same area northeast of Harrisville near and along CTH E (3 NE Harrisville or about 2.7 miles west-southwest of Budsin), resulting in a flash flood. Water depths on road surfaces reached 2 to 3 feet, and water entered basements of several homes. Damage occurred to personal property in the basements. WSR-88D Doppler radar rainfall estimates were on the order of 3 to 4 inches. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisville | $10,000 | Numerous branches and trees down throughout the county with the exception of the southwest side of the county. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisville | $2,000 | Five trees down in the northern portion of Marquette County. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Harrisville | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisville | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Budsin | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lawrence | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Montello | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Germania | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Packwaukee | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Glen Oak | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Buffalo Shore Estates | 10.1 miles | 12 |
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 Harrisville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5666288 | 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 1566100. 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.





