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Harmony, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the New Site census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36256. The Survey maps it on the New Site quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Harmony within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

209 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Harmony (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,537 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 76 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 burning90
Arson/incendiarism76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-3
23 September 2006Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 49, AL
17 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Harmony (historical): 8 occurrences, 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Titanium, 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
Lowe MineGold, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1932, 1933
Herzfield ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Robert Russell ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Croft PitsGoldOccurrenceGold
Early Pits MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Germany Pits ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Goldville DistrictGoldPast Producer1842
Goldville Pits ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Hawthorne MineGoldPast Producer1932, 1933
Houston PitsGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
New Site1.0 miles11
Bethleham (historical)1.7 miles11
Perryville1.8 miles11
Hamlet (historical)2.2 miles11
Zana (historical)2.4 miles11
Zana2.9 miles11
Cowpens3.1 miles11
Cholocco Litabixee (historical)3.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 137446. 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.