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==Geography== Harrison is located on the American [[Great Plains]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.31|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=June 24, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archivedate=July 2, 2012}}</ref> At {{convert|4876|ft}}, Harrison has the highest elevation of any town in Nebraska, prompting it to bill itself as "Nebraska's Top Town".<ref>[http://www.visitnorthwestnebraska.com/toptown.htm "Nebraska's 'Top Town'".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717222124/http://www.visitnorthwestnebraska.com/toptown.htm |date=July 17, 2011 }} [http://www.visitnorthwestnebraska.com/index.htm Sioux County Travel and Tourism website.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717222135/http://www.visitnorthwestnebraska.com/index.htm |date=July 17, 2011 }} Retrieved August 31, 2010.</ref> The area around Harrison largely consists of grass-covered plains. Grasses and other flora present include [[little bluestem]], prairie sandreed, [[blue grama]], and needle and thread grass. Wildflowers in the area include [[lupin]], [[spiderwort]], [[wallflower|western wallflower]], and [[sunflower]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Agate Fossil Beds National Monument |publisher=U.S. National Park Service |url=http://www.nps.gov/agfo/index.htm |accessdate=July 5, 2015| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091202222815/http://www.nps.gov/agfo/index.htm| archivedate=December 2, 2009| url-status= live}}</ref>
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