New Harmony, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Shelbyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75973. It stands on Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Patroon North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1944 USGS Patroon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Patroon quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Patroon North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Natchitoches quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2003 USGS Patroon North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of New Harmony between 1995 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 238 |
| 5 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7073 |
| 26 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | HARMONY |
| 25 August 2010 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 096 |
| 22 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | ROADSIDE |
| 3 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 176 |
| 9 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 107 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Harmony in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | New Harmony | - | Flash flooding reported with high water covering FM Road 414. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Harmony | - | Multiple trees down on and near County Road 2033 east of Center. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Harmony | - | Multiple large trees were downed across FM 2026 east of Center. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Harmony | - | Numerous trees were downed on FM 414 just north of Highway 87. Other trees were downed nearby on County Road 2033 off of Highway 87. |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Harmony | - | Trees and powerlines downed were widespread across mainly the southern half of the county. Power outages were widespread as well. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Harmony | - | Trees were downed on 417 east of Falsom, Chapel Road, County Road 1140 and 84 east. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Harmony | - | Sheriff's office reported a tree down along CR.417 near Hwy. 87 in Shelbyville, Texas. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordans Store | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hurstown | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Dreka | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Huxley | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Shelbyville | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Campti | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ragtown | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Goober Hill | 6.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034933. 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.
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.






