Harmon, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Stinnett town. It lies in ZIP code area 54875. The Survey maps it on the Stanberry West quadrangle. It stands 1,191 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1947 USGS Chittamo quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Chittamo quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Stanberry West quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Solon Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Harmon (historical) between 1995 and 2017, burning about 14 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STANBERRY DITCH FIRE |
| 1 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CN 403.8 |
| 27 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STINNETT TRACTOR |
| 12 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GULL POWER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Harmon (historical): 6 past producers, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chittamo Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Chittamo Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eugene & Ann Wentzel Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Eugene & Ann Wentzel Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sugar Bush Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Washburn County Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Washburn County Gravel Pit #5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Washburn County Gravel Pit #6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Washburn County Gravel Pit #7 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Washburn County Sand Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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.
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 Harmon (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5659143 | The 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 1833847. 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.





