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One of 11 National Register listings published here for Cibola County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
St. Theresa Community Center
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
The listing
- Address. 400 East High St., Grants, 87020
- When was it listed? June 2022
- Category. building
- Census division. Grants
- National Register reference number. 100007877 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of St. Theresa Community Center between 1994 and 2020, burning about 64 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | RINCONADA |
| 14 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | TRANSFER |
| 26 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | COLLEGE |
| 26 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | TOWER |
| 8 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | THE 85 |
| 28 June 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 20-62010737X |
| 22 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 20-61890692X |
| 18 June 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | SHOOTING RANGE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of St. Theresa Community Center: 8 producers, 7 unknowns, 7 past producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Limestone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flea Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Pine 3 Mine | Vanadium, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1954, 1955 | |
| Name Unknown Bentonite Prospect | Bentonite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Grants Perlite Mill | Perlite | Producer | ||
| United States Gypsum Perlite Mine | Perlite | Past Producer | ||
| Griego Pit and Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Marinelli Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 57-127-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Roadway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hamilton Pit | Limestone, Dimension | Producer |
Storms near this property
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grants, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Grants | $250,000 | Three bridges were damaged from flood waters northeast of Grants. A dozen jersey barriers were washed 100 yards downstream at low water crossings along Lobo Canyon. The most significant damage occurred to the George Hannish Bridge. Bridges along county roads 19A and 19D were also impacted. |
| September 1997 | Heavy Rain | Grants | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Grants | $50,000 | The Cibola County Emergency manager reported multiple vehicle rescues from flood waters. The Rio San Jose was out of its banks between Sargent and Davis Streets with several streets flooded in town. Swift moving water several inches deep was observed over First Street and Roosevelt Avenue. Damage is an estimate. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Grants | - | Significant hail covering Interstate 40 resulted in motor vehicle crashes between mile markers 76 and 77. Hail size has been estimated. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grants | - | A wind gust up to 68 mph reported at Lookout Ranch. |
| July 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Grants | - | Photos of a small funnel cloud over the Grants area were received from the public. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Grants | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Grants | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Grants | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Grants | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grants | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Grants | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Charley's Automotive Service | 1.1 miles | 2017 |
 | Grants-Milan Flight Service Station | 3.2 miles | 2015 |
| Route 66, State Maintained from McCartys to Grants | 6.7 miles | 1997 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007877 in Record Group 79. |
| Cibola County | All 11 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.