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Harmony Acres, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Twentynine Palms-Yucca Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92277. It lies near Noels Knoll. The Survey maps it on the Twentynine Palms quadrangle.

Harmony Acres within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1953 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harmony Acres, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Harmony Acres, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Harmony Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

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
23 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictQUAIL
3 August 1997Natural1.0 acresJoshua Tree National MonumentWEED
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
22 July 2005Natural3.0 acresJoshua Tree National MonumentQUEEN
29 May 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJoshua Tree National MonumentCOVE
23 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitALLEY
14 May 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCOYOTE
14 May 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreJoshua Tree National MonumentINDIANCOVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino 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 Acres: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Uranium, Gold, Silver. 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
Victor No. 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baseline MineralsGold, SilverPast Producer
Copper Mt UraniumThorium, UraniumUnknown
Homestretch MinesThorium, UraniumProspect
No MineGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino 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
Smoke Tree1.2 miles17
The Plaza3.0 miles17
Twentynine Palms3.0 miles17
Desert Heights4.3 miles15
Panorama Heights6.1 miles17
Sunfair7.4 miles15
Sunfair Heights8.8 miles15
Hidden River10.8 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122555826The 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 1660722. 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.