Built in 1937 (Pueblo Revival Style architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
“The Belen City Hall, at 503 Becker Ave. in Belen, New Mexico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.”
Wikipedia article Belen City Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Valencia County · listed in 2019 · category: Building · built in 1937, Pueblo Revival Style architecture.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 391 fires within 5 miles of Belen City Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,690 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 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 | 181 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 151 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ANIMAL |
| 14 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SERAFIN |
| 14 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ALLSUPS |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GIANT |
| 7 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 20-60380159X |
| 5 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | JUG TANK |
| 29 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RAIL |
| 23 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 21-60710236X |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Belen City Hall: 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 66-1-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 64-1-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Tome Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belen, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 6 hail, 1 dust devil. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Flash Flood | Belen | $7,500,000 | Retention ponds in Belen overflowing into neighborhoods on west side of Belen. Widespread street flooding in town. Travel along Interstate 25 becoming very difficult as water is ponding along the highway. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Belen | $1,000,000 | Golf ball size hail pounded the Belen area. Dozens of vehicles were damaged and numerous building had windows broken. Several street lights were damaged and trees were stripped of leaves. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Belen | $500,000 | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Belen | $300,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Belen | $200,000 | Heavy rainfall in Belen led to a levee failure along Hansen Road. Several homes and vehicles were flooded. Damage amounts are estimated. |
| October 2004 | Hail | Belen | $200,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belen | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belen | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Dust Devil | Belen | $15,000 | A strong dust devil swept away part of the roof and a drive-through carport at a Belen restaurant. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belen | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and combined with large hail to break windows throughout Belen. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Belen | $3,000 | Heavy rain of 2.00 inches in about an hour produced widespread street flooding and minor flood damage to several homes and businesses in Belen. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belen | $500 | At least two large trees were downed in Belen from high winds, small hail, and torrential rainfall. One of these trees crushed a metal fence. Damage amount is a rough estimate. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belen | - | The Belen Regional Airport measured a severe wind gust of 61 mph from a non-thunderstorm convective dry downburst from virga showers in the area. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Belen | - | Debris and water washouts along I-25 which was shut down for a period of time at mile marker 190. This required a bulldozer to clear the debris the following day. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belen | - | Outflow from approaching thunderstorms produced a 59 mph wind gust at the Belen Regional Airport. |
| October 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Belen | - | A social media post on Facebook showed a well-defined funnel cloud over the west mesa near Belen, NM on October 8, 2022. Time and location are estimated from the Facebook post. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belen | - | A thunderstorm moving rapidly north through the Belen area produced a peak wind gust up to 66 mph. No significant damage to trees and power lines was reported with the passage of this storm. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belen | - | A virga bomb near Belen produced roof damage to a home. Damage amounts are estimated with no specific details on the extent of damages. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Belen | - | Hail up to nickel and quarter size in Belen. |
| October 2017 | Flash Flood | Belen | - | Roadways beneath Interstate 25 flooded out in Belen. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belen | - | Belen airport. |
| October 2015 | Hail | Belen | - | Picture forwarded through local media showing dime to nickel size hail. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Belen | - | Hail piled up 3 to 4 inches deep Belen. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Belen | - | Hail stripped trees of leaves which caused clogged storm drains. Runoff from associated heavy rain was unable to drain properly. This resulted in flooding of some city streets with water one to two feet deep. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Belen | - | A small landspout was photographed near Belen as small thunderstorms with other dry microbursts moved through the area during late afternoon. The landspout which resembled a strong dust devil more than a weak non-supercell tornado scattered loose objects and overturned one unoccuppied RV camper. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belen | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belen | - | no account filed |
2 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 513 issues, 1,519 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 |
|---|---|
| El Hispano-Americano | 19?? |
| Belen News | 1912 to 1947 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Belen Hotel | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Felipe Chaves House | 0.3 miles | 1980 |
 | Belen Harvey House | 0.3 miles | 1983 |
 | Miguel E. Baca House | 4.3 miles | 1978 |
 | Tome Jail | 6.0 miles | 1977 |
 | El Cerro Tome Site | 7.6 miles | 1996 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100003676 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Valencia County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
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