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Harmony Grove, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71701. The Survey maps it on the Harmony Grove quadrangle.

Harmony Grove within Ouachita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

132 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Harmony Grove between 1997 and 2019, burning about 409 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 31 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 burning33
Arson/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking7
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2003Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2011Natural15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Harmony Grove: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
CamdenSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eagle MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Standard Gravel Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerbedded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ouachita County

Storms near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harmony Grove in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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
March 2014Thunderstorm WindHarmony Grove$70,000A tree fell into a mobile home, destroying it. Another mobile home had one side and part of the roof blown off. Trees were blown down on Arkansas 7.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindHarmony Grove$50,000Many trees were blown down and several houses were damaged.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindHarmony Grove$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Several homes were also damaged by fallen trees.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindHarmony Grove$1,000A tree was blown down onto Ouachita 34.
February 2018FloodHarmony Grove-A house is isolated by water with two people inside the house.
May 1998Tornado (F0)Harmony Grove-An F0 tornado touched down about 1.5 miles west northwest of Harmony Grove. The tornado travelled to the east northeast for about 3.5 miles before lifting. Damage along the path of the tornado consisted of a number of trees and power lines being blown down. Some of the trees were twisted and fell in various directions. Several buildings sustained some minor roof damage. A couple of home TV antennas were also bent over.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHarmony Grove-Thunderstorm winds blew a tree onto a house and blew the roof off a trailer.
December 2005HailHarmony Grove-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindHarmony Grove-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindHarmony Grove-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindHarmony Grove-no account filed
May 1998HailHarmony Grove-no account filed
May 1998HailHarmony Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ouachita 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
Vanduzer0.4 miles15
Warner1.3 miles15
Camark1.6 miles15
Lilley (historical)2.4 miles16
Kent2.5 miles15
Onalaska (historical)2.5 miles16
Shumaker3.2 miles16
East Camden3.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 49873. 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.