Artesia Residential Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

From the record

One of 24 National Register listings published here for Eddy County · listed in 2013 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded by W. Main St. on the N.; W. Missouri Ave. on the S.; S. 2nd St. on the E.; S. 10th St. on the W., Artesia, 88210
When was it listed? September 2013
Category. district
Census division. Artesia
National Register reference number. 09001267 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Artesia Residential Historic District between 1993 and 2018, burning about 651 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined	11
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Natural	3
Debris and open burning	1
Fireworks	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
6 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ATOKA
4 July 2015	Fireworks	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	MM 73
4 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Carlsbad Field Office	JC PARK
25 June 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Carlsbad Field Office	AVALON
22 June 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	Carlsbad Field Office	13TH STREET
17 June 2008	Natural	209 acres	Carlsbad Field Office	CAT CLAW
1 June 1993	Natural	325 acres	Roswell Field Office	LAKE
4 May 2018	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Capitan District	MORNINGSIDE

Every fire recorded in Eddy County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Artesia Residential Historic District: 9 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Materials Pit	Stone	Unknown
Artesia City Dump Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Sherrell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Sweatt Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Eddy County

Storms near this property

60 of 142 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Artesia, the town this property stands in, in 142 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 76 hail, 38 thunderstorm wind, 20 flash flood, 4 tornado. The reports record 3 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
September 2016	Hail	Artesia	2 hurt	A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced baseball sized hail from the Artesia Airport to two miles south of Artesia. There were two head injuries reported due to the hail between 4 and 4:30 pm MDT.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	1 hurt, $15,000	Strong winds blew over a mobile home and rolled it approximately 25 feet. A man and a dog were inside the mobile home. The man was treated at a local hospital for a minor concussion and multiple bruises. A storage building (10x12 ft) was also blown over during the event.
May 1995	Hail	Artesia	$1,500,000	Dime-size hail was first reported by the New Mexico State Police. Shortly afterward, a SKYWARN spotter reported golf ball-size hail that pounded much of Artesia. Numerous cars had broken windshields and large dents in their bodies, and roofs of houses received heavy damage as well.
May 1995	Hail	Artesia	$1,500,000	no account filed
September 2016	Hail	Artesia	$1,000,000	A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced baseball sized hail in Artesia. The Artesia Airport Manager reported extensive damage to vehicles and hangars. There was also widespread damage to cars and homes in Artesia. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
October 2012	Hail	Artesia	$500,000	A thunderstorm moved over Eddy County and produced baseball sized hail on the north side of Artesia along Highway 285 and State Road 2. There was roof and car damage reported. The cost of damage is a rough estimate.
April 2005	Hail	Artesia	$70,000	Numerous reports of golfball size hail were received as an isolated supercell storm propagated southeast over portions of northern Eddy County during the late afternoon and early evening hours of the 17th. The swath of damaging hail began at the Eddy and Chaves County line nine miles north of Artesia along New Mexico Highway 351, and ended as the storm weakened over rural northeastern Eddy County.The most significant damage was reported between Artesia and the Eddy and Chaves County line. At least four residences suffered roof damage and broken windows. Four vehicles also were heavily damaged, including a New Mexico State Police cruiser and a welding truck. Several reports indicated that the duration of hail fall exceeded thirty minutes at some homesteads. Hail accumulated to depths of eight inches at some locales along the storm's path. Traffic along U.S. Highway 285 and New Mexico Highway 351 was reportedly at a stand still in the wake of the storm as hail covered the driving surfaces and created hazardous driving conditions.
December 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	$50,000	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Artesia	$40,000	Cotton and alfalfa crops were damaged near Atoka, NM. The Quentin Rogers cotton fields were stripped down to bare ground, while a 3 foot tall hay field near East Blevins Road and Highway 385 was stripped down to 10 inches tall.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	$35,000	A National Weather Service trained spotter reported that a mobile home was blown over.
April 2005	Hail	Artesia	$20,000	A resident along the Eddy and Chaves County line, near the intersection of North 13th Street and Pearson Road, reported that occasional hen egg to tennis ball size hail accompanied the storm. The homestead suffered "extensive" damage, both structural and to several vehicles. The hail was, at times, wind driven by severe thunderstorm wind gusts. This resulted in the loss of all northward facing windows. The roof of the residence was severely damaged. Crop damage on the property also was reported to be "extensive".
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	$10,000	Severe thunderstorm winds snapped several power poles in half along Highway 285.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	$10,000	A supercell thunderstorm with a well-defined wall cloud produced at least two brief tornadoes. Two barns lost their roofs due to strong winds. Numerous funnel clouds were also reported. Reports came from a SKYWARN Spotter.
June 1997	Hail	Artesia	$10,000	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Artesia	$7,000	A severe thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced baseball sized hail two miles northeast of Artesia. Vehicle damage was reported. The cost of the vehicle damage is a very rough estimate.
October 2021	Hail	Artesia	$5,000	A thunderstorm produced 1.50 inch hail three miles north northeast of Artesia. The hail shredded leaves off of trees and put some dents on cars. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
April 1999	Hail	Artesia	$5,000	Damaged autos and their windows.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	$5,000	A supercell thunderstorm with a well-defined wall cloud produced at least two brief tornadoes. Two barns lost their roofs due to strong winds. Numerous funnel clouds were also reported. Reports came from a SKYWARN Spotter.
September 2016	Hail	Artesia	$3,000	A storm moved across Eddy County and produced baseball sized hail two miles south of Artesia. The hail punctured holes in the walls of a home. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	$2,000	Microburst winds from a storm moving to the southeast blew part of a roof off a trailer.
September 2016	Hail	Artesia	$1,500	A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced tennis ball sized hail in Artesia. The hail dented a car and damaged some trees. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	$1,500	Spotters in Artesia reported winds gusting to 60 mph. These winds blew around lawn furniture and damaged a residential porch.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	$500	A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced an estimated 70 mph wind gust in Artesia. Large tree limbs were blown down by the winds. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
August 2016	Flash Flood	Artesia	$500	Several streets were barricaded in Artesia due to high water from heavy rainfall in the area. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
September 2014	Flash Flood	Artesia	$500	Heavy rain fell across Eddy County and produced flash flooding in Artesia. Twentieth and Thirteenth streets in Artesia were reported to be flooded with water over the curbs. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
September 2014	Flash Flood	Artesia	$500	Heavy rain fell across Eddy County and produced flash flooding in Artesia. There was a report of six plus inches of flowing water along a street in Artesia. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	$500	A thunderstorm moved over Eddy County and produced a 61 mph wind gust at Artesia as measured by the Artesia RAWS. This wind gust is thought to be the result of a dry microburst since a lot of blowing dust with little to no rain was reported. There was some tree limb damage across the town. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
May 1993	Hail	Artesia	$500	A NWS observer reported walnut-size hail fell in Lakewood for 22 minutes. The State Police reported nickel-size hail fell between Artesia and Seven Rivers at 1354 MST. Additional thunderstorms later in the evening produced a wind gust of 53 knots (61 mph) at Lakewood at 2220 MST.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	$200	A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced wind damage west of Artesia. A large cottonwood tree was uprooted between 515 and 530 pm MDT. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	A thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust at the Artesia AWOS site.
July 2020	Funnel Cloud	Artesia	-	A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud/landspout about seven miles north of Artesia.
June 2019	Hail	Artesia	-	A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced half dollar sized hail in Artesia that covered the ground.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced a 61 mph wind gust near Artesia.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced a 69 mph wind gust near Artesia.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced a 62 mph wind gust near Artesia. It was measured at a personal weather station.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced an estimated 60 mph wind gust ten miles west of Artesia, NM.
August 2016	Heavy Rain	Artesia	-	Heavy rain fell in Artesia and 1.83 inches of rain was reported on West Ray Avenue. The streets were flooded curb to curb with between three to six inches of water.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	A thunderstorm that moved across northern Eddy County produced a thunderstorm wind gust measured by an ASOS of 61 mph.
October 2015	Heavy Rain	Artesia	-	Heavy rain occurred across Eddy County and produced some minor street flooding in Artesia.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced a 68 mph wind gust in Artesia. No damage was reported.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	A thunderstorm moved over Eddy County and produced a 62 mph wind gust two miles west of Artesia.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced a 60 mph wind gust eight miles south of Artesia.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	A small barn was blow over about 5 miles southeast of Artesia.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	A trained spotter reported numerous tree limbs, up to 4 inches in diamter, were blow down in Artesia, NM.
July 2008	Flash Flood	Artesia	-	A trained spotter reported six to eight inches of water flowing across several street intersections in Artesia.
March 2007	Hail	Artesia	-	Penny to golfball size hail fell in and around Artesia.
March 2007	Hail	Artesia	-	Quarter to golfball size hail fell south of Artesia.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	A 40 foot tall and three foot wide Elm tree was blown over. No other damage was reported.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Artesia	-	Heavy rainfall over the city of Artesia produced flash flooding, with streets flooded up to a foot deep.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Artesia	-	At least seven inches of water was flowing over the roads in Artesia. The city closed low water crossings across Eagle Draw because of flooding across these crossings. One accident occured when the driver lost control of the vehicle after driving into high water. The driver sustained minor injures. One to two feet of water flowed over New Mexico Highway 137 from its intersection with U.S. Highway 285 for six miles west.
October 2007	Hail	Artesia	-	Quarter sized hail fell eight miles west of Artesia over U.S. Highway 82.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Artesia	-	Local police reported six inches to one foot of water across several streets in the city of Artesia.
August 2006	Flash Flood	Artesia	-	Motorists reported that Cottonwood Creek was flowing over S James Funk Road north of Artesia.
August 2006	Hail	Artesia	-	A NWS trained spotter reported that penny size hail fell on U.S. Highway 285 south of Artesia.
August 2006	Flash Flood	Artesia	-	Flash flooding occurred on many roads throughout Eddy County, including County Road 206 which had one foot of water running across it and County Road 39 which had three feet of water running over it, near its crossing with the Rio Penasco.
February 2005	Hail	Artesia	-	Multiple reports of quarter size hail were received as an isolated supercell thunderstorm tracked east across northern Eddy County.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	Severe thunderstorm winds accompanied the giant hail at a homestead located on the Eddy and Chaves County line. Rural residents estimated the peak wind gusts to be near 65 MPH. These winds drove very large hail horizontally which resulted in the loss of northward facing windows in the home and in several vehicles. Significant damage was not otherwise directly attributed to the severe winds.
May 2005	Hail	Artesia	-	The Artesia Fire Department reported large hail up to the size of golfballs over U.S. Highway 82 east of the city.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Artesia	-	Damaging wind gusts accompanied an isolated storm near Artesia during the afternoon of the 30th. At least one large tree was blown down in a residential area. A trained storm spotter witnessed a downburst south of the city moments before the damaging winds struck. The Automated Surface Observing System at the Artesia Airport (located several miles west of the city) measured a peak gust to 54 MPH, but wind gusts in Artesia were likely higher. No structural damage was reported.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Artesia	-	A National Weather Service trained spotter reported that several streets in Artesia were flooded.

Every storm recorded in Eddy 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

6 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
Edward R. Gesler House	0.1 miles	1984
Moore-Ward Cobblestone House	0.1 miles	1984
Hodges-Sipple House	0.2 miles	1984
F. L. Lukins House	0.2 miles	1984
Hodges-Runyan-Brainard House	0.2 miles	1984
William Baskin House	0.3 miles	1984

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 09001267 in Record Group 79.
Eddy County	All 24 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.