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2011 Map of Harrison

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Harrison
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Harrison serves as the focal point of this Madison County landscape, where the town's essential civic and industrial infrastructure is clearly documented. The map details the Harrison Post Office and the Harrison-Norris-Pony Fire Dist, alongside the Harrison Mill which underscores the area's agricultural ties. Surrounding the town, a network of family-named settlements and ranches such as Beals, Shaws, and the U-H Ranch point to a dispersed rural community organized around water rights and grazing.

Water management is a defining characteristic of the terrain, evidenced by the Roubert and Warren Ditch and the Dry Lake Dam. These features, along with the numerous branches of North Willow Creek and South Willow Creek, illustrate how the landscape has been engineered to support local industry and ranching. To the southeast, the Norwegian Placer Gulch hints at the region's mineral history, while the Harrison Cemetery remains a primary site for genealogical interest.