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Harmon, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Blythe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. It lies near Cowvat Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Everton quadrangle.

Harmon within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

35 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Harmon between 1997 and 2020, burning about 535 acres in total. 3 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
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning6
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1997Natural16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1999Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Natural27 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Harmon: 7 unknowns, 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Everton ProspectSilicaProspect
Lowery Quarry-Eros LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Crooked Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
LowerySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marguerite MineLead, ZincUnknown
Maxwell MineLead, ZincUnknown
Potts MineLead, ZincUnknown
UnkZincUnknown
UnkZincUnknown
Madison MineLeadUnknown

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harmon in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
September 2012Thunderstorm WindHarmon$1,000A tree was blown down.
November 2024Heavy RainHarmon-A CoCoRaHs station (AR-BN-21) measured 7.95 inches of rain that fell over a 24 hour period that ended at 7:30 AM CST on November 4.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindHarmon-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
July 2002HailHarmon-no account filed
May 1998HailHarmon-no account filed
November 1998Tornado (F0)Harmon-no account filed
March 1996HailHarmon-no account filed
April 1996HailHarmon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Pleasant Ridge1.1 miles16
Crawford2.6 miles16
Olvey2.8 miles16
Pedlo (historical)3.6 miles16
Rally Hill4.0 miles16
Everton4.1 miles16
Zinc5.0 miles15
Valley Springs5.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57885. 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.