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Harmony, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72740. It stands on Berry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.

Harmony within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

28 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Harmony between 1998 and 2018, burning about 432 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Harmony: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Huntsville Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
War Eagle Lime CoStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
HuntsvilleSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Madison County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harmony in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 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
November 2022Tornado (EF0)Harmony$30,000This tornado developed northeast of Huntsville, damaging a chicken house and uprooting trees. The tornado crossed Highway 412 and dissipated. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 70 to 80 mph.
April 2022Flash FloodHarmony-Several roads were flooded near Harmony.
February 2019Flash FloodHarmony-Several roads were flooded in and around Harmony.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Huntsville2.2 miles13
Old Alabam2.5 miles14
Alabam3.5 miles14
Truth (historical)4.8 miles12
Hartwell4.8 miles12
Forum5.1 miles14
Mante (historical)5.5 miles12
Roxton6.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57887. 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.