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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.

Harmon within Washburn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

22 since 1995

Regional 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
13 September 2007Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSTANBERRY DITCH FIRE
1 July 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 June 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesCN 403.8
27 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesSTINNETT TRACTOR
12 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 June 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesGULL POWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washburn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chittamo Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Chittamo Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eugene & Ann Wentzel Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Eugene & Ann Wentzel Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sugar Bush Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Washburn County Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Washburn County Gravel Pit #5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Washburn County Gravel Pit #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Washburn County Gravel Pit #7Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Washburn County Sand Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washburn 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
Stanberry4.7 miles9
Chittamo4.9 miles9
Springbrook8.3 miles8
Minong8.6 miles9
Lampson9.8 miles8
Earl11.9 miles8
Trego14.1 miles8
Spooner20.6 miles8

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 Q5659143The 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.