Tonto National Monument, Lower Ruin (AZ U:8:047A ASM)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

One of 43 National Register listings published here for Gila County · listed in 1989 · category: Site.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Off AZ 188, Roosevelt, 85545
When was it listed? April 1989
Category. site
Also known as. Bandelier's, Adolph F. A., Archeological Survey of Tonto Basin, Tonto National Forest, MPS
Census division. Globe-Miami
National Register reference number. 89000265 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Tonto National Monument, Lower Ruin (AZ U:8:047A ASM) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,288 acres in total. 34 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	34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30
Equipment and vehicle use	18
Recreation and ceremony	16
Smoking	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Fireworks	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Debris and open burning	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
8 September 2017	Natural	231 acres	Tonto National Forest	YELLOW JACKET
4 September 2013	Natural	173 acres	Tonto National Forest	PINION
11 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Tonto National Monument	NATIONAL
11 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Tonto National Forest	NATIONAL
9 August 1993	Natural	23 acres	Tonto National Forest	not named
8 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Tonto National Forest	GEPHART
8 August 1995	Natural	under an acre	Tonto National Forest	ALCHESAY
7 August 1998	Natural	2.0 acres	Tonto National Forest	SALOME

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tonto National Monument, Lower Ruin (AZ U:8:047A ASM): 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Thorium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Christmas Gift M S 4587	Gold	Past Producer
Ida A Claims	Thorium	Occurrence	Monazite
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Gila County

Storms near this property

33 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roosevelt, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 heavy rain, 6 hail, 6 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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	Lightning	Roosevelt	1 hurt	A thirty-seven year old man was struck by lightning near his boat at Lake Roosevelt.
July 1999	Lightning	Roosevelt	1 hurt	Man suffered minor injuries from a lightning bolt.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Roosevelt	$50,000	Strengthening southeasterly monsoonal flow imported increasing moisture into southern Gila County and as a result isolated to scatted thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon hours. Some of the storms generated strong and gusty outflow winds which affected Roosevelt Lake. Wind gusts estimated to be nearly 70 mph created 3 to 4 foot swells along the southern periphery of Roosevelt Lake, about 2 miles east of the town of Roosevelt. According to the Tonto Basin Fire Department and Rescue, the large swells knocked a number of boats into the shore and numerous people were knocked into the water as a result. The Tonto Basin Fire Department then performed multiple rescues of the affected people.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Roosevelt	$20,000	Thunderstorms developed across portions of southern Gila county during the afternoon hours on August 17th, and they affected the community of Roosevelt. The storms generated gusty and damaging winds. A trained weather spotter in Roosevelt estimated a wind gust to 60 mph. He also reported additional storm damage to the Roosevelt Lakeview Park Mobile Home RV Park. The strong winds, estimated to be at least 60 mph, tore up awnings and broke windows at some of the properties at the RV park. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was in effect for the Roosevelt area at the time; it was issued at 1703MST and ran until 1800MST.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Roosevelt	$8,000	Strengthening southeasterly monsoonal flow imported increasing moisture into southern Gila County, and led to the development of strong thunderstorms during the late afternoon hours on June 27th. The stronger storms produced gusty and damaging outflow winds, estimated to reach as high as 70 mph. According to a trained weather spotter in the town of Roosevelt, gusty winds uprooted a large pine tree and blew it against a house. This occurred at approximately 1750MST.
December 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Roosevelt	$2,000	A billboard along State Highway 188 across from Spring Creek Store was damaged and a nearby tree was uprooted. In addition, part of a rooftop cooler was blown down. Finally, a member of the public reported a measured wind gust to 59 mph at 435 am in Tonto Village. This person also indicated that 1.84 inches of storm total precipitation was observed.
September 2009	Lightning	Roosevelt	$2,000	Lake patrol at Roosevelt Lake reported a lightning strike that caused a brief power outage at the marina. A small shed was also damaged.
October 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Roosevelt	-	Mesonet station AU919 (2 SSE Roosevelt) measured a 63 mph wind gust.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Roosevelt	-	Mesonet station AU919 at 2 miles SSE of Roosevelt measured a 63 mph wind gust.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Roosevelt	-	Strong thunderstorms moved across the higher terrain of southern Gila County during the early evening hours on July 29th. Some of the storms produced gusty outflow winds measured to be at least as high as 60 mph. At 1843MST, a mesonet weather station 2 miles southeast of the town of Roosevelt measured a gust at 60 mph.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Roosevelt	-	Strengthening southeasterly monsoonal flow imported increasing moisture into southern Gila County and as a result isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon hours. Some of the storms produced strong and gusty winds. At 1800MST the Roosevelt Lake RAWS station measured a peak wind gust to 72 mph. Earlier, at 1720MST, a trained spotter 3 miles southeast of Roosevelt Lake measured a thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph.
July 2010	Flash Flood	Roosevelt	-	Washes and low-lying areas became flooded after 0.70 inches fell in about an hour.
July 2010	Heavy Rain	Roosevelt	-	Heavy downpours from slow moving thunderstorms resulted in .80 inch in about an hour.
September 2009	Heavy Rain	Roosevelt	-	Heavy rain with thunderstorms struck Roosevelt late in the afternoon. One report included 1.47 inches in just 48 minutes at Roosevelt dam.
July 2008	Heavy Rain	Roosevelt	-	Pinto Creek at highway 188 was reported to be filled, and Campaign Creek broke through a small berm at Roosevelt Lake Estates. One spotter at Roosevelt Resort had 1.5 to 2 inches of rain.
July 2008	Hail	Roosevelt	-	Hail about the size of pennies was reported at Roosevelt Estates.
September 2007	Flash Flood	Roosevelt	-	Flash flooding reported in Roosevelt Estates. Campaign creek had one to two feet of water approximately 60 feet wide that flowed across Mesquite Street.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Roosevelt	-	Flooding was reported by a COOP observer in Roosevelt.
July 2006	Heavy Rain	Roosevelt	-	Observer at Roosevelt reported .88 inches in just 30 minutes. Spotter reported minor flooding in local creeks and streets.
October 2006	Hail	Roosevelt	-	Hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter was reported across Southern Gila County.
July 2005	Flash Flood	Roosevelt	-	Runoff from heavy rainfall over the burn area of the Two Bar Fire caused the Campaign Creek and other washes to flow. Streets were closed in Roosevelt Lakes and a vehicle got stuck in the Campaign Creek during the height of the flash flood.
September 2004	Heavy Rain	Roosevelt	-	Up to 3/4 inch of rain in 20 minutes, along with pea size hail and strong winds were reported at Roosevelt Estates.
August 2002	Hail	Roosevelt	-	A spotter in Roosevelt reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 2000	Hail	Roosevelt	-	Large hail accompanied by heavy rain. Spotter reported .80 inch in just 15 minutes.
September 1999	Flood	Roosevelt	-	About 2 inches of rain fell in about 15 minutes and resulted in street flooding.
July 1999	Flash Flood	Roosevelt	-	Much of southern Gila County hit by torrential rains. Numerous people stranded around the county.
September 1998	Heavy Rain	Roosevelt	-	Heavy rains resulted in a mudslide with one vehicle trapped.
July 1998	Heavy Rain	Roosevelt	-	One inch rainfall in 20 minutes.
September 2003	Flash Flood	Roosevelt	-	no account filed
August 1998	Hail	Roosevelt	-	no account filed
August 1998	Hail	Roosevelt	-	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Roosevelt	-	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Roosevelt	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gila County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Tonto National Monument Visitor Center	0.2 miles	2010
Tonto National Monument, Upper Ruin (AZ U:8:048 ASM)	0.2 miles	1989
Theodore Roosevelt Dam National Register District	3.7 miles	1998

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 89000265 in Record Group 79.
Gila County	All 43 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.