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Harmony, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93430. It lies near Porta Suela. The Survey maps it on the Cambria quadrangle. It stands 184 feet above sea level.

Harmony within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1919 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 61 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, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Harmony, surveyed 1919

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Harmony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 293 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined38
Equipment and vehicle use18
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitNEGRANTI
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitMOONSTONE
26 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitCREEK
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitVILLAGE
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitTRENTON ST CMB
21 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitHWY 46
20 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitSUMMIT
19 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitMAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Harmony: 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, 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
Cambria PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Land Red Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hill ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Hill ProspectManganeseUnknown
Morro Bay DepositManganeseOccurrence
Morro Bay ProspectManganeseProspect1942
Ricioli ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed Manganese OccurrenceManganeseOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Luis Obispo 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
Lodge Hill4.3 miles22
Marine Terrace4.5 miles22
Tin City4.8 miles22
Cambria4.9 miles22
East Village5.0 miles22
Cambria Pines5.6 miles22
West Village5.8 miles22
Park Hill5.8 miles22

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 Q5659395The 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 252898. 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.