BlockNew Harmony, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Indian Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63339. It stands on Brush Branch. The Survey maps it on the Curryville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Louisiana quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Curryville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of New Harmony in 2015, burning about 29 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129322-02339-10152015-1607 |
| 24 January 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 117215-02339-01242015-1710 |
| 24 January 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 117216-02339-01242015-1710 |
| 24 January 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 117217-02339-01242015-1710 |
| 24 January 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 117213-02339-01242015-1530 |
| 24 January 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 117214-02339-01242015-1640 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of New Harmony: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curryville | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Estes | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Farmer | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Gazette | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| New Hartford | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ashley | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Clement | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Spencerburg | 8.8 miles | 17 |
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 New Harmony | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27986294 | 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 741099. 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.