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Harmony Grove, Wisconsin

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lodi town. It lies in ZIP code area 53555. It sits by Pine Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Lodi quadrangle. It stands 781 feet above sea level.

Harmony Grove within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

183 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Harmony Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 306 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 burning83
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use34
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Other causes3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
29 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesKOLTES PASTURE
30 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Harmony Grove: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
John Smith Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Thistle Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Lake Wisconsin1.3 miles22
Okee1.8 miles22
Lodi4.2 miles22
Durwards Glen5.1 miles22
Dekorra7.4 miles13
Poynette8.0 miles13
Arlington9.3 miles12
Lowville11.9 miles12

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 Harmony GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5659503The 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 1566075. 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.