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Harold, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Walnut Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65770. The Survey maps it on the Walnut Grove quadrangle.

Harold within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

In the county-history sources

6,495 words on this township

History of Greene County, Missouri .., published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Walnut Grove Township covers description, early history, the first isettlers and settlements, pioneer life, the " firsts ", items.

Read the chapter on Walnut Grove Township - 6,495 words.

Fires near this place

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Harold between 1992 and 2020, burning about 783 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220633-03911-09232020-1635
23 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220634-03911-08232020-1625
13 August 2018Debris and open burning51 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177745-03905-08132018-1302
27 July 1997Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined590 acresMissouri Department of ConservationWALNUT GROVE
5 April 2018Debris and open burning2.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177740-03905-04052018-1426
19 April 1994Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Harold: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Clay. 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
Kelso ShaftClayPast Producer
UnknownLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Mugen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jennings BankIronPast Producer
Pollack MineIronPast Producer
UnknownIronPast Producer
UnknownIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harold in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 2 hail. 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
May 2011HailHarold$50,000no account filed
March 2017HailHarold-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Phenix1.6 miles16
Pearl2.4 miles21
Walnut Grove2.9 miles16
Buckley (historical)3.3 miles16
Cave Spring3.3 miles21
Sacville4.7 miles17
Ash Grove5.7 miles16
Hackney6.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 719125. 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.