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San Juan Pueblo

Built in 1540. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

One of 46 National Register listings published here for Rio Arriba County · listed in 1974 · category: District · built in 1540.

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

The listing

  • Address. N of Sante Fe, Sante Fe, 87566
  • When was it listed? July 1974
  • Category. district
  • Census division. South Rio Arriba
  • When was it built? 1540
  • National Register reference number. 74001201 - 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

350 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 350 fires within 5 miles of San Juan Pueblo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,280 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 65 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
Debris and open burning146
Missing data/not specified/undetermined73
Arson/incendiarism65
Fireworks16
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1

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
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPHILIP
19 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyDEBRIS
7 August 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencyFENCE
26 August 1995Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTANK
15 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyDUMP
14 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyPILE
10 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencySTONE QUARRY
10 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyNOEL

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of San Juan Pueblo: 7 prospects, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LowdermilkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit No. 55-70-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-55-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-56-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-60-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-62-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 64-17-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 68-1-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba 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

5 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
Rio Grande Bridge at San Juan Pueblo1.3 miles1997
Chimayo Trading Post and Trujillo, E.D., House4.4 miles1999
Frank Bond House4.4 miles1980
Los Luceros Hacienda4.7 miles1983
Santa Clara Pueblo6.1 miles1974

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 74001201 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Rio Arriba CountyAll 46 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.