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Hereford, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bisbee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85603. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hereford quadrangle. It stands 4,193 feet above sea level.

Hereford within Cochise County

On record in Hereford

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Hereford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,776 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined45
Natural20
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeRAMSEY WASH
19 September 2009Natural3.0 acresGila District OfficeCOPPER GLANCE
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFry Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
16 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila District OfficeSTONE
13 September 1999Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeOAK
6 August 1992Natural1.0 acresGila District OfficeHEREFORD
6 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
26 August 2003Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeMONDAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hereford: 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Hereford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed OccurrenceGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceGypsum
Double Mill Ranch WellGeothermalProducer
UnknownGeothermalProducer
UnknownGeothermalProducer
UnknownGeothermalProducer
UnknownGeothermalProducer
UnknownGeothermalProducer

Every working recorded in Cochise County

Storms near this place

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hereford in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHereford$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed seven power poles and damaged or destroyed several storage sheds near Moson Rd, between Dakota and Nevada Aves.
August 2008Flash FloodHereford$10,000Several roads were flooded in the Bisbee and Hereford area due to heavy rainfall. In addition tons of gravel, rock and debris from the slopes of Zacatecas Canyon turned Brewery Gulf in Bisbee into a river. Trained spotters in Hereford reported two inches of rain in 45 minutes and 2.25 inches of rain in 75 minutes.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHereford$8,000Thunderstorm winds downed four power poles near Larson and Moson Rds in Sierra Vista.
July 2025Flash FloodHereford$500Cochise County Sherriff reported flash flooding along East Madera Road in Sierra Vista resulting in a road closure. The road reopened at 9am on July 23rd.
October 2025FloodHereford$500Hereford Road bridge closed due to flooding from San Pedro River.
August 2022HailHereford$500Hail up to golf ball size fell in Sierra Vista. Hail broke a window in one home.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHereford$500Spotters in Hereford measured thunderstorm wind gusts to 62 mph and reported shingles blown off the roof of one house.
November 2019FloodHereford-Widespread rain of 2 to 4 inches fell along the San Pedro River in southern Cochise County and upstream in Sonora on November 27th into the 28th, causing the river to rise markedly on the morning of November 29th. The river neared flood stage at Palominas, but did not come out of its banks. Farther downstream, the San Pedro River flooded Hereford Road on the east side of the bridge, but did not over top the bridge itself. However, the road was closed for several hours.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHereford-A spotter measured a thunderstorm wind gust to 58 mph northwest of Hereford.
August 2013HailHereford-A spotter west of Hereford reported nickel size hail.
July 2008Flash FloodHereford-A trained spotter reported water flowing over Ramsey Road near Hereford.
July 2008HailHereford-A trained spotter reported three quarters of an inch sized hail.
July 2005Flash FloodHereford-Numerous reports were received from trained spotters regarding very heavy rainfall with amounts of 1 to 2 inches falling in less than 45 minutes. There were reports of 6 to 8 inches of water flowing through streets and yards in Sierra Vista and Hereford.
September 2021HailHereford-no account filed
September 2003HailHereford-no account filed
September 1997Flash FloodHereford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cochise 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
Palominas4.2 miles19
Miracle Valley5.0 miles19
Stark5.6 miles17
Rileys El Encinar6.7 miles24
Neff6.9 miles24
Nicksville8.0 miles19
Highland Park8.4 miles24
Sierra Vista Estates8.9 miles23

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 HerefordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5737944The 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 5733. 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.