Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
“The Carrizozo Commercial Historic District, in Carrizozo, New Mexico, is an 18.6 acres (7.5 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.”
Wikipedia article Carrizozo Commercial Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 2016 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Carrizozo Commercial Historic District between 1992 and 2018, burning about 704 acres in total. 20 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 | 22 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROPER |
| 20 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 117 |
| 5 August 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 5 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LY |
| 4 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MORALES |
| 4 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TRACKS |
| 3 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OAK |
| 27 August 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SADDLE RIDGE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Carrizozo Commercial Historic District: 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carri2020 Plant | Iron | Producer | ||
| Harkey Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Lm&M Mill | Iron | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Pit Bp2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel | |
| Valley of Fire Road Cut | Uranium | Occurrence | 1955 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrizozo, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Hail | Carrizozo | $25,000 | Heavy amounts of hail between the size of nickels and quarters impacted Carrizozo. Several recreational vehicles suffered damage to sky lights. Damage amounts are estimated. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Carrizozo | - | Emergency Management reported 6 inches of moving water over U.S. Highway 54 south of Carrizozo. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Carrizozo | - | The Carrizozo airport measured 3.95 inches of rain in a short period of time which resulted in flash flooding in the area. Extent of damages is unknown. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Carrizozo | - | An observer reported one inch hail from a severe thunderstorm near Carrizozo. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrizozo | - | Severe thunderstorm winds up to 63 mph were measured around Carrizozo. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrizozo | - | The White Sands mesonet site at Phillips Hills recorded a 77 mph wind gust from a storm that rapidly intensified over the site after interacting with a gust front. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrizozo | - | Thunderstorm winds which damaged several roofs and signs in Carrizozo were followed with golf ball-size hail that dimpled vehicles and tattered trees and gardens in Capitan. |
2 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 593 issues, 5,724 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 |
|---|---|
| Carrizozo Outlook | 1910 to 1945 |
| Carrizozo News | 1908 to 192? |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Carrizozo Woman's Club | 0.1 miles | 2003 |
| Paden's Drug Store | 0.1 miles | 2005 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000550 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lincoln County | All 22 listed properties in this county. |
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