BlockHarmony, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the South and East Osceola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34773. The Survey maps it on the Ashton quadrangle. It stands 79 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1953 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Harmony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,094 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2000 | Natural | 45 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CITRUS (06) |
| 25 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | NURSERY COMMAND (6) |
| 5 July 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BASS (49) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harmony: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Diatomite Prospect | Diatomite | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holopaw | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Grove | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| New Eden | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ashton | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Runnymede | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Cloud | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Narcoossee | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Tohopikaliga (historical) | 9.1 miles | 14 |
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 Harmony | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1585661 | The 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 2063058. 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.