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Harmony, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Batson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72830. The Survey maps it on the Harmony quadrangle. It stands 627 feet above sea level.

Harmony within Johnson County

On record in Harmony

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Harmony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 752 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMAVERICK
28 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsEAGLE NEST
13 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Harmony: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Unk Quarries 2StonePast Producer
Unk Quarries 2StonePast Producer
Unk Quarries 3StonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harmony in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 7 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHarmony$25,000Trees were down across western portions of the county.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindHarmony$5,000Trees were blown down on Arkansas 103.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHarmony-In the community of Harmony at the intersection of AR state highway 103 and 164, several tree limbs and powerlines were blown down along with a metal building that was blown down.
March 2022Tornado (EF1)Harmony-This tornado started southwest of the town of Harmony, moving northeast through town, eventually lifting northeast of Harmony. Mainly tree damage was noted, with tree limbs snapped, uprooted, or trunks snapped. Some light roof damage was also noted to some structures.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHarmony-The Johnson County EM reported trees and power lines down in the Hunt community, Harmony community, and the Oak Grove/Batson areas of Johnson County.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHarmony-A few trees were reported down along County Road 4100.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindHarmony-Trees were reported down. A roof was damaged on a mobile home.
June 1994HailHarmony-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines.
May 2013HailHarmony-no account filed
April 2011HailHarmony-no account filed
April 2011HailHarmony-no account filed
April 2004HailHarmony-no account filed
March 2002HailHarmony-no account filed
March 2002HailHarmony-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindHarmony-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Lone Pine2.3 miles10
Woodland2.5 miles10
Edna4.1 miles10
Union City4.2 miles20
Dale (historical)4.7 miles10
Sulphur Springs4.9 miles20
Smeadley (historical)5.2 miles10
Bushtown (historical)5.2 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on HarmonyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5659386The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71909. 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.