New Harmony, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Waverly census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36879. The Survey maps it on the Camp Hill SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Camp Hill SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Camp Hill SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
96 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of New Harmony between 1994 and 2020, burning about 764 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-29 |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 89, AL |
| 30 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160730-1 |
| 30 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120730-001 |
| 26 July 2012 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120726-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of New Harmony: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rippatoe Placer | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Harmony in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Harmony | - | Several trees uprooted along Highway 147 in southwest Chambers 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culebra | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Jones Mill | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sturkie | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Waverly | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Kendall Crossroads | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Judson | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Bowery | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Moorefield | 5.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156780. 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.






