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Harmon, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the South Ellis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73832. The Survey maps it on the Harmon quadrangle. It stands 2,497 feet above sea level.

Harmon within Ellis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Harmon: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ellis County

Storms near this place

42 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harmon in 42 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 34 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2007Tornado (EF2)Harmon1 hurt, $612,000This tornado developed 4 miles north-northeast of Roll in northern Roger Mills County and crossed the Canadian River into southern Ellis County at 9:36 pm CDT. Two houses and two mobile homes were destroyed in the Packsaddle area of southern Ellis County to the east of US Highway 283 (about 18 miles south-southwest of Harmon), and a roof was removed from another mobile home. At least one of these homes suffered a complete removal of the roof and some damage to the exterior walls. Several cars were damaged or destroyed, as well as trees and power lines. Monetary values were estimated.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHarmon$10Tree limbs were downed.
May 2025HailHarmon-An image showing a caliper measurement was shared on social media. The location is approximate.
May 2025HailHarmon-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2025HailHarmon-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2019HailHarmon-Twitter photo.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHarmon-No damage was reported.
April 2015HailHarmon-No damage reports.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindHarmon-Trees uprooted or damaged.
April 2015HailHarmon-Time estimated from radar. No damage reports.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Harmon-A tornado developed in far southeastern Ellis County about 9 miles east-southeast of Harmon. It moved east-northeast into Dewey County near U.S. Highway 60 and eventually moved into Woodward County before it dissipated east-northeast of Sharon. There was no known damage in Ellis County. This was the beginning of the fifth and final tornado in Oklahoma from the southern tornadic supercell.
September 2022HailHarmon-no account filed
August 2021HailHarmon-no account filed
May 2020HailHarmon-no account filed
May 2018HailHarmon-no account filed
April 2016HailHarmon-no account filed
April 2013HailHarmon-no account filed
April 2012HailHarmon-no account filed
April 2012HailHarmon-no account filed
May 2010HailHarmon-no account filed
May 2010HailHarmon-no account filed
June 2008HailHarmon-no account filed
June 2008HailHarmon-no account filed
May 2007HailHarmon-no account filed
April 2006HailHarmon-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHarmon-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindHarmon-no account filed
May 2002HailHarmon-no account filed
April 2001HailHarmon-no account filed
May 2001HailHarmon-no account filed
May 2001HailHarmon-no account filed
June 1999HailHarmon-no account filed
July 1998HailHarmon-no account filed
July 1998HailHarmon-no account filed
May 1997HailHarmon-no account filed
May 1997HailHarmon-no account filed
August 1997HailHarmon-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHarmon-no account filed
May 1996HailHarmon-no account filed
June 1995HailHarmon-no account filed
June 1994HailHarmon-no account filed
May 1993HailHarmon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ellis 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
Arnett11.4 miles8
Ioland (historical)14.0 miles7
Gage15.8 miles8
Fargo16.3 miles8
Shattuck19.3 miles9
Goodwin20.2 miles8
Touzalin25.5 miles9
Chaney27.7 miles8

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 HarmonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16892140The 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 1093546. 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.

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.