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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.

Harmony within Marinette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

108 since 1992

Regional 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 burning53
Equipment and vehicle use23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
11 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 2000Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 August 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPANTS FIRE
23 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesDUMKE FIRE
23 August 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marinette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Porterfield PitSilicaProducer
Behrens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Jackie Foster Inc-Porterfield QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Water Side Limestone PepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Gravelly Brook Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jackie Foster Inc.PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marinette County PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mud Brook Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ok Valley Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oldfashioned Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marinette County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007Tornado (EF1)Harmony1 hurt, $8,000This 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 2008HailHarmony-Penny size hail fell near the intersection of State Highway 64 and County Road D.
July 2008HailHarmony-Hail at least 2 inches in diameter was reported at a campground near the Peshtigo River.
April 2006HailHarmony-no account filed
July 2000Tornado (F0)Harmony-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marinette 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
May Corner3.8 miles10
Porterfield4.0 miles10
Bagley Junction4.5 miles10
Peshtigo4.8 miles9
Walsh6.3 miles10
Rubys Corner6.9 miles9
Wilcox7.0 miles8
Loomis7.7 miles10

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 HarmonyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5659399The 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.