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Harmony, South Carolina

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Johnston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29832. The Survey maps it on the Johnston quadrangle.

Harmony within Edgefield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

Fires near this place

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Harmony between 1992 and 2019, burning about 483 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Debris and open burning43
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking5
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionTRENTON
24 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edgefield County

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 Harmony: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Edgefield Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous Intrusion
Unidentified Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerIgneous Intrusion

Every working recorded in Edgefield 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
Bouknight0.9 miles11
Johnston3.0 miles11
Huets Crossroads3.1 miles12
Trenton3.9 miles18
Parkhill3.9 miles12
Pine House Crossroads4.6 miles18
Edgefield4.8 miles12
Rotalata5.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1223045. 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.