Garfield Herd Management Area (HMA)

The Garfield Flat Herd Management Area (HMA) is located approximately ten miles southeast of Hawthorne, Nevada. The topography of the HMA ranges from flat valleys through mountainous terrain from 1,525m to 3,040m in elevation. 

The HMA contains approximately 141,800 acres of public and private land within the BLM-Carson City District-Stillwater Field Office.  There are only two viable water sources occur within the HMA boundaries.

Two livestock grazing allotments, Garfield Flat and Belleville, overlap the HMA. Approximately 85% of the HMA occurs in the Garfield Flat allotment with the remaining 15% in the Belleville allotment. The horses primarily use the Garfield Flat Allotment portion of the HMA.

The Appropriate Management Level (AML) for the Garfield Flat HMA has been established at 83-125 wild horses. The last gather of wild horses within the HMA excess to the AML was in 2004.

Garfield HMA Map (new map coming soon)