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One of 93 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1979 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Fort Harmony Site
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. E of New Harmony on I-15, New Harmony, 84757
- When was it listed? November 1979
- Category. site
- Census division. Hurricane
- National Register reference number. 79003493 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
190 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Fort Harmony Site between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,532 acres in total. 99 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 99 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Zion National Park | CAMP CREEK |
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DAX |
| 4 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | PACKER |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Cedar City Field Office | MM39 I15 |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 440 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | NEW HARMONY SUPPORT |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TEXACO |
| 29 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | CLIFF |
| 29 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BLACK RIDGE EAST |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Fort Harmony Site: 21 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Clay, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Cliffs Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | Alunite | |
| Hurricane Cliffs Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | Alunite | |
| Unknown | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Anomaly - B - 8 - 5 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Anomaly B8-5 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Kolob | Uranium | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Kolob | Uranium | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Kolob | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Rim Claims | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Harmony, the town this property stands in, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2004 | Flash Flood | New Harmony | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 2025 | Flash Flood | New Harmony | $1,000 | Zion National Park reported mud and rock covering Kolob Canyon Road. Debris required heavy equipment to clear. Time is estimated by radar. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | New 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 2020 | Heavy Rain | New Harmony | - | New Harmony received 1.83 inches of rain. |
| November 2019 | Flash Flood | New Harmony | - | Zion National Park personnel reported flash flooding along Taylor Creek in the Kolob section of the park. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | New 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 2010 | Flash Flood | New 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 2008 | Flash Flood | New 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 2008 | Flash Flood | New 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 2005 | Flash Flood | New Harmony | - | 1 foot of water reported flowing over roads |
| August 2000 | Flash Flood | New 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. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79003493 in Record Group 79. |
| Washington County | All 93 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.