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Harmony, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Palestine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75803. The Survey maps it on the Tennessee Colony quadrangle.

Harmony within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Harmony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 862 acres in total. 6 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 burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBETO UNIT FIRE
5 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 206
30 September 2010Debris and open burning1.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWINKLE CONSTRUCTION
30 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2000Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 572
21 September 2000Natural6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 557
21 September 2000Natural4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 558
2 September 1993Smoking5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harmony: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure. 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
Palestine MineHalite, Limestone, Ultra PurePast Producer1891, 1904, 1937

Every working recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harmony in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHarmony$10,000Along FM 320 west of Palestine, several large downed and uprooted trees were reported. Post event analysis indicated a downburst with winds up to 85 mph likely occurred in this area.
March 2016FloodHarmony-A public report stated that water was over the road on FM 320 east of FM 645 approximately 9 miles west of Palestine, TX.
October 2015Flash FloodHarmony-The southbound lanes of Highway 287 were closed north of Palestine due to rising flood waters after several inches of rain fell in the area.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHarmony-Large pine trees were knocked down approximately 2-3 miles south of Tennessee Colony on FM 645. Some trees fell across FM 645.

Every storm recorded in Anderson 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
Massey Lake5.4 miles12
Tennessee Colony5.8 miles12
Tucker6.3 miles10
Long Lake7.5 miles10
Palestine8.6 miles13
Montalba8.8 miles13
Lakeview Assembly8.9 miles10
Ward10.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378417. 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.