Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 1970 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of White Oaks Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,766 acres in total. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2011 | Natural | 2.1 acres | Lincoln National Forest | MADDEN |
| 7 July 1992 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Lincoln National Forest | not named |
| 4 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | TRICK |
| 2 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | CARRIZO |
| 2 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | WHITE |
| 14 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | TRAILS CANYON |
| 13 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | WATER |
| 11 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | CARRIZO |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of White Oaks Historic District: 21 past producers, 11 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Nest No 1&2 White Oaks Dist | Thorium, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Homestake South | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| White Oaks District | Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | QUARTZ VEINS | |
| House Mines Prince | Iron, Uranium | Occurrence | Gypsum, Magnetite | |
| Julia Ann Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Lone Mountain Prospect 1966 | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Section 2 Occurrence | Uranium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Little Mack Mine | Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1885, 1940 | |
| North and South Homestake Mines | Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1879, 1950 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Oaks, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports in 2017: 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | White Oaks | - | Storm chaser video showed the well-developed funnel cloud spotted by many observers near Carrizozo touched down for about one minute. An area of dust was observed swirling on the ground beneath a solid condensation funnel elevated off the ground. No damage observed. |
| May 2017 | Funnel Cloud | White Oaks | - | Emergency manager spotted a brief funnel cloud to the northeast of Carrizozo. |
4 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 1,212 issues, 5,301 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 |
|---|---|
| The Old Abe Eagle | 189? |
| White Oaks Golden Era | 188? to 18?? |
| White Oaks Eagle | 189? to 190? |
| The Lincoln County Leader | 1882 to 189? |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 70000403 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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