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New Harmony, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Hurricane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84757. It stands on Pinto Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Harmony quadrangle. 236 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,305 feet above sea level.

New Harmony within Washington County

On record in New Harmony

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

New Harmony grew from 207 to 236 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010207
2020236+29 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of New Harmony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,236 acres in total. 78 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
Natural78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficePACKER
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCedar City Field OfficeMM39 I15
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined440 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNEW HARMONY SUPPORT
3 September 1993Natural3.0 acresDixie National Forestnot named
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTEXACO
29 September 2004Naturalunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeCLIFF
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeMM42 I15
21 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMILE POST 40

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of New Harmony: 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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
Anomaly - B - 8 - 5UraniumOccurrence
Doluth Ore BodyIronProspect
Duluth Ore BodyIronOccurrenceHematite, Magnetite
Borrow Pit #27004 Utah Dept. of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand
Borrow Pit #27005 Utah Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand
Gravel Deposit #27002Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gravel Deposit #27002Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSand and Gravel
Gravel Pit #27001Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand
Gravel Pit #27001Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand
Gravel Pit #27003Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

11 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Harmony in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 10 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
October 2004Flash FloodNew Harmony$50,000no account filed
October 2025Flash FloodNew Harmony$1,000Zion National Park reported mud and rock covering Kolob Canyon Road. Debris required heavy equipment to clear. Time is estimated by radar.
July 2021Flash FloodNew Harmony-A Zion Nation Park ranger reported significant flash flooding occurred on Taylor Creek at the north end of the Kolob Canyon area of the park during the night.
March 2020Heavy RainNew Harmony-New Harmony received 1.83 inches of rain.
November 2019Flash FloodNew Harmony-Zion National Park personnel reported flash flooding along Taylor Creek in the Kolob section of the park.
August 2013Flash FloodNew Harmony-Significant flash flooding was reported across much of the western side of Zion National Park, including in the Subway area, in Kolob Terrace, and along Taylor Creek in the Kolob area.
July 2010Flash FloodNew Harmony-Heavy rain fell on the Mill Flat burn scar near New Harmony, causing a debris flow and flash flooding in New Harmony. The flooding emanated primarily from Pinto Creek, and to a lesser extent, from Main, Dam, and Straight Canyons.
July 2008Flash FloodNew Harmony-Zion Park Rangers reported that two hikers were stranded along Taylor Creek in the Kolob Canyon section of the park due to a small flash flood. Radar estimated 1.0 to 1.5 inches of rain in the area.
August 2008Flash FloodNew Harmony-Flash flooding was reported in the town of New Harmony. Radar estimates of rainfall over the area averaged around 4 inches for the day, with estimates as high as 7 inches.
August 2005Flash FloodNew Harmony-1 foot of water reported flowing over roads
August 2000Flash FloodNew Harmony-Over 2 and a half inches of rain in 2 hours caused flash flooding in New Harmony. All washes in the area were running fast and full. Pea to marble-sized hail also was reported with this storm.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Pintura9.7 miles18
Pine Valley12.4 miles16
Anderson Junction13.5 miles18
Toquerville15.7 miles18
Silver Reef15.9 miles18
Leeds16.8 miles17
Central17.2 miles16
LaVerkin19.3 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on New HarmonyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q483586The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1443808. 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.