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Harmon, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Centreville-Brent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35042. It stands on Charley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pearson quadrangle.

Harmon within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

131 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Harmon between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,802 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 53 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
Arson/incendiarism53
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking6
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionEOLINE, AL
3 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 82 CENTREVILLE, AL
27 September 2000Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-9
23 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined413 acresNational Forests in AlabamaOK 745
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20130917-002
16 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Harmon: 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Iron, Manganese. 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
Hogan and Lewis Manganese ProspectIron, ManganeseOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown
Hogan B Lewis Prospect No. 1ManganeseOccurrence
Hogan B Lewis Prospect No. 3ManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bibb County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harmon in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2007Tornado (EF1)Harmon$5,000The tornado that touched down in Tuscaloosa County moved eastward into Bibb County, eventually lifting just north of Eoline.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHarmon$1,000Several trees were blown down on Serty Boyd Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHarmon-NWS Birmingham conducted a storm survey in areas such as Coaling, Vance, Woodstock, West Blocton, Green Pond, Helena, Pelham, and Alabaster. This survey was to assess a large area of reported wind damage associated with a severe thunderstorm bowing segment evident on KBMX RADAR. Observed damage along this path mainly consisted of uprooted or snapped trees, and fallen large tree limbs. Fallen timber caused damage to homes, vehicles, and power lines. Widespread power outages occurred as a result. Wind damage throughout this path was consistent with straight-line winds, or winds that were not tornadic.||Gusts of 60-70 mph were evident along a path approximately 10 miles wide and 80 miles long, and some higher intensity timber damage in the Coaling, Vance, West Blocton, Helena, and Alabaster areas suggest wind gusts up to 75 mph. The damage pattern across this path was divergent, and higher intensity damage areas exhibited divergent microburst characteristics. There was no sign of debris lofting on the damage survey, and no signs of rotation or lofted tornado debris after a thorough analysis of KBMX RADAR data.
January 2023Tornado (EF0)Harmon-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in western Bibb County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph. This tornado originated in Greene County, crossed through northern Hale County,|southeast Tuscaloosa County, and into western Bibb County. The tornado dissipated shortly after entering Bibb County, and damage consisted of some large broken tree branches.

Every storm recorded in Bibb 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
Little Hope1.8 miles20
Egypt (historical)2.2 miles20
Stewart Settlement3.1 miles20
Eoline3.4 miles11
Scottsville3.9 miles18
Vernontown4.5 miles18
Moffat5.0 miles18
Pleasant Hill5.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159720. 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.

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.