Built in 1956. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
“Fort Union National Monument is a unit of the United States National Park Service located 7.7 miles north of Watrous in Mora County, New Mexico.”
Wikipedia article Fort Union National Monument, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 14 National Register listings published here for Mora County · listed in 1966 · category: Site · built in 1956.
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 14 fires within 5 miles of Fort Union National Monument between 1993 and 2020, burning about 358 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | UNION |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PABLO |
| 31 August 2011 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Las Vegas District | GOBBLER |
| 30 August 2011 | Natural | 200 acres | Las Vegas District | SHED |
| 28 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 21-40290143X |
| 22 July 2011 | Natural | 120 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MONUMENT |
| 22 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ONAVA |
| 17 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | EMBER |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Watrous, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2012: 10 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 2007 | Hail | Watrous | $2,000 | The hail ranged from 0.88 to 1.50 inches in diameter. Damage was reported to windows, trees and vegetation. A funnel cloud was also observed. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Watrous | $500 | The public reported nickel-size hail in Watrous at 1630 MST. |
| August 1998 | Hail | Watrous | - | Quarter size hail was reported in both Watrous and Valmora. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Watrous | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Watrous | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Watrous | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Watrous | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Watrous | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Watrous | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Watrous | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Watrous | 7.4 miles | 1966 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 66000044 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Mora County | All 14 listed properties in this county. |
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