Harden Cienega, New Mexico
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Tyrone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88051. The Survey maps it on the Harden Cienega quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1913 USGS Morenci quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Morenci quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Big Lue Mts quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Harden Cienega quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Harden Cienega quadrangle1:24000
- 2005 USGS Harden Cienega quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Harden Cienega between 1994 and 2019, burning about 677 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Gila National Forest | PETE |
| 26 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | TENNESSEE |
| 21 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MULE SNAG |
| 21 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | ANTELOPE |
| 15 July 2019 | Natural | 550 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | GRASSY |
| 13 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | BURNT STUMP |
| 13 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | TRAYNOR |
| 10 July 2011 | Natural | 28 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | BOBCAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harden Cienega: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name Unknown Perlite Deposit | Perlite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule Creek | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Buckhorn | 19.9 miles | 13 | |
| Steeplerock (historical) | 22.4 miles | 10 | |
| East Camp (historical) | 23.6 miles | 10 | |
| Cliff | 26.9 miles | 10 | |
| Gila | 28.4 miles | 10 | |
| Riverside | 28.8 miles | 10 | |
| Telegraph (historical) | 35.0 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122572207 | 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 906837. 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.










