Built in 1933. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
One of 51 National Register listings published here for Santa Cruz County · listed in 1988 · category: Building · built in 1933.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Atascosa Lookout House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 26,013 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 22 acres | Coronado National Forest | JAKIE |
| 25 August 2011 | Natural | 40 acres | Coronado National Forest | DIVOT |
| 4 July 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | BLANCA |
| 4 July 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | UPPER THUMB |
| 23 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | COYOTE |
| 17 July 1997 | Natural | 90 acres | Coronado National Forest | PECK |
| 14 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | PENASCO |
| 6 June 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | STUMP |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Atascosa Lookout House: 11 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Blue Fire Opal | Semiprecious Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Hell's Gate Agate | Marble, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Loma De Manganese Claim | Manganese | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Midnight | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Morning and Evening Mine Group | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Manganese | Past Producer | 1926, 1930 | |
| Penasco Group | Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Reactor and Opaline Groups | Uranium, Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Silver Mine | Aluminum, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| St. Patrick Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1924, 1935 | |
| Summit Motorway Property | Gold | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tubac, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Hail | Tubac | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tubac | $5,000 | Several power poles were blown down as well as a fence in Tubac due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tubac | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two Chilean mesquite trees and uprooted a Ponderosa pine tree at the Tubac Presidio Historic Park. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tubac | $500 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree in Tubac Barrio. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tubac | $500 | A tin roof was blown off a shed. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Tubac | - | Spotter report of hail with some pieces as big as quarters along interstate 19 near Tubac. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tubac | - | A large tree was uprooted by a strong thunderstorm wind gust and blocked a road in Tubac. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Tubac | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Tubac | - | no account filed |
1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 32 issues, 128 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Weekly Arizonian | 1859 to 18?? |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ruby | 7.2 miles | 1975 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002462 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Santa Cruz County | All 51 listed properties in this county. |
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