Harmony, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Grover town. It lies in ZIP code area 54157. The Survey maps it on the Harmony quadrangle. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1939 USGS Porterfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Porterfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Porterfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Harmony quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Harmony between 1992 and 2018, burning about 85 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 burning | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PANTS FIRE |
| 23 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | DUMKE FIRE |
| 23 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Harmony: 9 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porterfield Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Behrens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Jackie Foster Inc-Porterfield Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Water Side Limestone Peposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Gravelly Brook Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jackie Foster Inc.Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Marinette County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mud Brook Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ok Valley Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oldfashioned Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harmony in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2008: 3 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Harmony | 1 hurt, $8,000 | This tornado was the last one of the evening. The tornado touched down at 6:16 PM about 6 miles southwest of Porterfield, and was on the ground for about 4 minutes, dissipating 2.9 miles south-southwest of Porterfield. One person was injured by flying debris as they sought refuge in their home. The tornado flattened a barn (DI 1, DOD 7), tore a significant part of the sheet metal roof from an outbuilding, blew in the garage door and tore part of the roof deck over the garage from a home that was under construction (DI 2, DOD 4), did minor roof damage at a residence, and uprooted large trees. The tornado was rated EF1 with estimated winds of 90 to 100 mph. Average path width was 125 yards. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Harmony | - | Penny size hail fell near the intersection of State Highway 64 and County Road D. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Harmony | - | Hail at least 2 inches in diameter was reported at a campground near the Peshtigo River. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Harmony | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Harmony | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| May Corner | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Porterfield | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bagley Junction | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Peshtigo | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Walsh | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Rubys Corner | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Wilcox | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Loomis | 7.7 miles | 10 |
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5659399 | 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 1566072. 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.







