BlockBefore

Harmony, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gillett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78118. It stands on Pridgeon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ecleto quadrangle.

Harmony within Karnes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

65 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Harmony between 2006 and 2020, burning about 338 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning14
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2

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 2015Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJESSE ATZGER
7 September 2018Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCAREY ZIMMERMAN
6 September 2020Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePATRICIA GIBSON
6 September 2019Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCURTIS MATHEY
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceKARNES COUNTY CR260
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKARNES COUNTY CR305
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR391 CANCELED
4 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEOG RESOURCES MILTON HUB #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Karnes 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 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. 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
Kunschik PitUraniumProducer

Every working recorded in Karnes 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
Ecleto3.6 miles10
Gillett5.6 miles11
Pawelekville6.1 miles10
Helena6.8 miles9
Cestohowa6.8 miles10
Panna Maria7.7 miles9
Hobson11.0 miles9
Mayo11.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379892. 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.