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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1888 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Walnut Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
6,495 words on this townshipHistory 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 1992Regional 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 burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220633-03911-09232020-1635 |
| 23 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220634-03911-08232020-1625 |
| 13 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 51 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177745-03905-08132018-1302 |
| 27 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 590 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | WALNUT GROVE |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177740-03905-04052018-1426 |
| 19 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso Shaft | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Mugen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jennings Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Pollack Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Hail | Harold | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Harold | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phenix | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pearl | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Walnut Grove | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Buckley (historical) | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Cave Spring | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Sacville | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Ash Grove | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hackney | 6.8 miles | 21 |
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.






