Harshaw, Arizona
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Patagonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85624. It lies near Hermosa Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Harshaw quadrangle. It stands 4,872 feet above sea level.
On record in Harshaw
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
James Finley Houselisted 1974 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1905 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1932 USGS Lochiel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Harshaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Lochiel quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Harshaw quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lochiel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Harshaw quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Harshaw between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,841 acres in total. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 46 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | WILLOW SPRINGS |
| 15 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Coronado National Forest | GARDEN II |
| 15 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AFTERNOON |
| 15 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MIDNIGHT |
| 13 September 2019 | Natural | 2.9 acres | Coronado National Forest | BOG HOLE |
| 4 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | HARSHAW |
| 20 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ALUM |
| 15 August 2020 | Natural | 350 acres | Coronado National Forest | SADDLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 139 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 139 workings within 5 miles of Harshaw: 81 past producers, 27 producers, 14 prospects, 12 occurrences. 28 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1875, 1877, 1952 | |
| American Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Augusta Mine | Lead, Silver, Manganese, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Basin Mine Group | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Producer | 1882, 1885, 1949 | |
| Bender Mine | Manganese, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Producer | 1875, 1880, 1959 | |
| Bender Property | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Black Eagle Mine | Manganese, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Producer | 1875, 1918, 1930 | |
| Blue Eagle Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Producer | 1897, 1903, 1956 | |
| Blue Nose Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Manganese | Past Producer | 1880, 1884, 1956 | |
| Blue Nose Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Manganese | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harshaw in 1 storm report in 2000: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2000 | Flood | Harshaw | $5,000 | Harshaw Road washed out and damaged badly. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trench Camp | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| Patagonia | 5.6 miles | 22 | |
| Washington Camp | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Duquesne | 6.7 miles | 23 | |
| Kino Springs | 9.0 miles | 19 | |
| Lochiel | 10.1 miles | 23 | |
| Beyerville | 10.5 miles | 20 | |
| Canelo | 11.5 miles | 26 |
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 Harshaw | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5673863 | 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 29768. 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.










