BlockHarmon, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Roxton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75446. It stands on Noble Creek. The Survey maps it on the Petty quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Honey Grove quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Honey Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Petty quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Harmon between 2006 and 2018, burning about 652 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3434 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 824 FIRE |
| 28 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2013 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3544 |
| 3 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016133 |
| 27 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PETTY082711A |
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 Harmon: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1358807. 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.