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Harrisburg, New Mexico

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Laguna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87007. It lies near CaƱada de Cruz. The Survey maps it on the Cubero quadrangle.

Harrisburg within Cibola County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

205 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Harrisburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 850 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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 burning83
Smoking31
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Fireworks15
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencySEMI
29 September 2000Naturalunder an acreLaguna AgencyOLD LADY
23 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLaguna AgencyTRUCKER
9 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLaguna AgencyINTERSTATE
29 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresLaguna AgencyMIDNIGHT
29 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreLaguna AgencySHINGLE
26 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresLaguna AgencySPILLWAY
22 August 2009Smokingunder an acreLaguna AgencyADOBE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cibola County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Harrisburg: 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bentonite DepositBentoniteUnknown
Materials Pit 61-16-SStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
ParajeUraniumUnknown
Cubero Land Grant Association PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Materials Pit 61-35-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Cibola 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
Philadelphia0.8 miles18
Seama1.3 miles18
New York1.5 miles18
Paraje1.5 miles18
Casa Blanca1.7 miles18
Budville2.0 miles18
Cubero2.7 miles18
Villa de Cubero3.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898790. 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.