Herbert Burdell Maxson (1849/1850–1927) was a miner and civil engineer in Arizona and later deputy United States surveyor for Nevada.

He was one of the pioneers of the National Irrigation Congress, a group concerned with water resources in the Western United States, serving eight years as its secretary.

[1] Maxson was born in Leonardsville, New York, and came to Arizona in 1870.

He moved to Nevada in 1888, where he was elected county surveyor of Washoe County and was later appointed to the federal deputy surveyor post.

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