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Harmony, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Needmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36081. It stands on Surveyors Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ansley quadrangle.

Harmony within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

88 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Harmony between 1994 and 2020, burning about 988 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Smoking2

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
23 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-5
15 September 2019Arson/incendiarism22 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190915-2
8 August 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200808-5
8 August 2000Natural2.4 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2000Natural1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 7718, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Harmony: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Friendship0.9 miles8
Meeksville1.9 miles8
Lees Park2.7 miles8
Needmore3.4 miles7
Pleasant Hill3.8 miles8
McClure Town3.9 miles8
Curry4.1 miles8
Shellhorn4.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 139868. 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.