Horse Mesa, Arizona
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Tonto National Forest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85545. It stands on Fish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horse Mesa Dam quadrangle. It stands 2,067 feet above sea level.
On record in Horse Mesa
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.
Horse Mesa Damlisted 2017 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1907 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Four Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Horse Mesa Dam quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Theodore Roosevelt Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 2004 USGS Horse Mesa Dam quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Horse Mesa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 964 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 25 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | CORONADO |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | 10 acres | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Tonto National Forest | FISH |
| 6 August 1994 | Natural | 10 acres | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 25 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | FISH CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Horse Mesa: 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Gatesh Copper Prospect | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Creek (historical) | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Tortilla Flat | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Fort McDowell | 17.3 miles | 26 | |
| Desert Vista Estates III | 18.2 miles | 21 | |
| Silver Spur Village | 18.3 miles | 21 | |
| Silver Spur Ranch | 18.5 miles | 21 | |
| Superstition Country Subdivision | 19.3 miles | 21 | |
| Fountain Hills | 19.3 miles | 25 |
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 Horse Mesa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28222269 | 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 30147. 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.











