Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
“The Acoma Curio Shop is a former souvenir shop located on historic U.S. The store built in 1916 by Abdoo Fidel, a Lebanese immigrant, and was originally a general store.”
Wikipedia article Acoma Curio Shop, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 11 National Register listings published here for Cibola County · listed in 2009 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Acoma Curio Shop between 1992 and 2020, burning about 492 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 97 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | CANIPA |
| 29 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | CORNFIELD |
| 29 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Laguna Agency | SHINGLE |
| 12 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | ACOMA FD 16 |
| 10 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Laguna Agency | FLOWER MTN. |
| 7 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Laguna Agency | YORK |
| 5 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | SANTA MARIA |
| 5 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | JUNCTION32 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Acoma Curio Shop: 8 producers, 5 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basalt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crusher Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cubero Land Grant Association Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Materials Pit M-19581 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 57-71-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 60-52-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 61-23-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 62-28-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit M1513c | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Fidel, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 4 flash flood, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Flash Flood | San Fidel | $25,000 | Heavy rain in the San Fidel area caused major flooding of arroyos and washed out County Road 13. Damages are estimated. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | San Fidel | - | A trained spotter near San Fidel reported flash flooding on San Jose Loop. No damages are known. |
| June 2022 | Hail | San Fidel | - | A trained spotter near San Fidel reported quarter size hail that had accumulated to about an inch deep. |
| October 2017 | Flash Flood | San Fidel | - | Flash flooding along nearby arroyo approaching home. Residents trapped in home. No damage reported. |
| August 2016 | Hail | San Fidel | - | Pea size to penny size hail accumulated up to four inches deep on Interstate 40 near San Fidel and highway 124 near McCartys. One vehicle slid off the highway. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | San Fidel | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route 66 Rural Historic District: Laguna to McCarty's | 5.0 miles | 1994 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09000817 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Cibola County | All 11 listed properties in this county. |
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