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Photograph of Santa Fe Railway Manzanola Depot
Photograph by Ammodramus, CC0 1.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Santa Fe Railway Manzanola Depot

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

“The Santa Fe Railway Monzanola Depot, also known as Manzanola station, was an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in Manzanola, Colorado. Now used as a town hall, the property has been on the National Register of Historic Places since April 28, 2004.”

Wikipedia article Manzanola station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Otero County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 212 N. Grand Ave., Manzanola, 81058
  • When was it listed? April 2004
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Railroads in Colorado, 1858-1948 MPS
  • Census division. Manzanola
  • Architectural style. Mission Revival architecture
  • Architect. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
  • National Register reference number. 04000363 - 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

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Santa Fe Railway Manzanola Depot between 1995 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
25 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOtero Countynot named
11 July 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresRocky Ford Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
12 June 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresRocky Ford Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
23 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
8 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOlney Springs Volunteer Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
5 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersOLNEY SPRINGS
3 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersMANZANOLA

Every fire recorded in Otero County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Santa Fe Railway Manzanola Depot: 6 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Otero County

Storms near this property

28 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manzanola, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 21 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindManzanola-Four transmission power poles along US50 just west of Manzanola blown down. Numerous trees down in Otero county. Time based on radar.
July 2024Flash FloodManzanola-Right lane of Hwy 50 flooded with one car stalled.
August 2020HailManzanola-Trained spotter reported large hail, 1 inch.
June 2019HailManzanola-Nickel hail and heavy rain reported.
July 2016Flash FloodManzanola-Heavy rain caused flash flooding of roadways and low spots, including US Highway 50.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindManzanola-Fourteen power poles were knocked down between County Roads 13.5 and 14.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Manzanola-A short-lived tornado caused no known damage in open country.
May 1999HailManzanola-This hail report and all that follow on this date occurred as a result of a long lasting supercell which developed in Pueblo county. Severe hail was first reported in western Otero county. The cyclic supercell produced large to very large hail along its path, and brought damaging downburst winds to Bent county. No firm dollar amounts were available as of late July.
July 2023HailManzanola-no account filed
July 2023HailManzanola-no account filed
July 2022HailManzanola-no account filed
May 2017HailManzanola-no account filed
May 2017HailManzanola-no account filed
May 2017HailManzanola-no account filed
June 2016HailManzanola-no account filed
June 2014HailManzanola-no account filed
June 2010HailManzanola-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindManzanola-no account filed
June 2004HailManzanola-no account filed
June 2004HailManzanola-no account filed
June 2004HailManzanola-no account filed
March 2000HailManzanola-no account filed
April 1999HailManzanola-no account filed
May 1999HailManzanola-no account filed
June 1996HailManzanola-no account filed
June 1996HailManzanola-no account filed
June 1995HailManzanola-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindManzanola-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otero 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

1 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Manzanola United Methodist Church (MUMC)0.2 miles2024

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04000363 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Otero CountyAll 19 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.