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Photograph of Pecos National Historical Park
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Pecos National Monument

A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1965. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

From the record

“Pecos National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in San Miguel County, New Mexico. The park, operated by the National Park Service, encompasses thousands of acres of landscape infused with historical elements from prehistoric archaeological ruins to 19th-century ranches, to a battlefield of the American Civil War.”

Wikipedia article Pecos National Historical Park, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 104 National Register listings published here for San Miguel County · listed in 1966 · category: District · built in 1965 · a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • National Historic Landmark. The highest federal designation, held by about 2,600 places in the country against roughly 100,000 Register listings.
  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 7 structuress, 6 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. S of Pecos on NM 63, Pecos, 87552
  • When was it listed? October 1966
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Pecos
  • When was it built? 1965
  • National Register reference number. 66000485 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Pecos National Monument between 1992 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Natural29
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestLISBOA
8 August 1994Naturalunder an acrePecos National Historical ParkSTRIKETWO
7 August 2000Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestORTIGA
5 August 2012Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHATCHERY
4 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSACRED
22 August 2017Naturalunder an acreBernalillo DistrictHAGEN FIRE
2 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOLYMPIC
2 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionALAMITOS

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pecos National Monument: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
KennedyIronPast Producer
Kennedy MineIronPast Producer1900

Every working recorded in San Miguel County

Storms near this property

15 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pecos, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 10 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 wildfire, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2000WildfirePecos$1,200,000no account filed
June 1997Flash FloodPecos$80,000The Pecos River, already swollen by late season snowmelt, rose quickly during 12 to 18 hours of steady rain which totaled nearly 3 inches in the watershed above Pecos. The combined heavy runoff caused damage to several private bridges and filled low crossings with mud and debris.
June 2014HailPecos$20,000Numerous reports of hail damage just north of Pecos from significant hailstones up to hen egg size in diameter. Several homes sustained window, skylight, and roof damage, including dents to a metal roof, as well as substantial damage to at least three vehicles.
June 2017HailPecos-Hail up to the size of golf balls in Pecos.
June 2017HailPecos-Hail up to the size of golf balls in Pecos.
May 2017HailPecos-Quarter size hail in Pecos.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPecos-Ponderosa trees were leaning 20 degrees off center.
September 2013FloodPecos-The Pecos River breached its banks in Pecos Canyon. NM 63 north of Pecos was closed due to flooding. A small creek behind residences rose fast and forced evacuations of nearby residences.
June 2000Flash FloodPecos-Heavy rain of near 1 inch over the Viveash Burn area northeast of Pecos sent a 5 foot surge of ash and debris down Cow Creek. A large fish kill was reported at the confluence with the Pecos River.
June 2014HailPecos-no account filed
July 2007HailPecos-no account filed
June 2006HailPecos-no account filed
June 2004HailPecos-no account filed
June 2004HailPecos-no account filed
July 1999HailPecos-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Miguel 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

3 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Pecos National Historical Park0.4 miles1991
San Antonio de Padua Church2.4 miles1978
Glorieta Pass Battlefield5.9 miles1966

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 66000485 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
San Miguel CountyAll 104 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.