Our Lady of Sorrows Church

Built in 1857. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

From the record

“The Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Bernalillo, New Mexico is a historic church on U.S. It was built in 1857 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.”
Wikipedia article Our Lady of Sorrows Church (Bernalillo, New Mexico), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Sandoval County · listed in 1977 · category: Building · built in 1857.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. U.S. 85, Bernalillo, 87004
When was it listed? April 1977
Category. building
Census division. Rio Rancho
When was it built? 1857
National Register reference number. 77000927 - 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Our Lady of Sorrows Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 469 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 9 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 burning	69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	53
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Natural	11
Arson/incendiarism	9
Smoking	7
Recreation and ceremony	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Other causes	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
9 September 1992	Natural	2.0 acres	Southern Pueblos Agency	not named
8 September 1992	Smoking	1.0 acres	Cibola National Forest	not named
5 September 2000	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Southern Pueblos Agency	BACA
15 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	DM
8 August 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Southern Pueblos Agency	MONTOYA
6 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Southern Pueblos Agency	TURKEY
3 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Southern Pueblos Agency	PIEDRA LISA
27 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Bernalillo District	PPE 9/9 PREPO

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Our Lady of Sorrows Church: 9 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Buckeye Claim	Lead, Silver, Copper	Prospect
Coronado Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Grevey Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sedimentary
Montoya Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
North Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Pit Number 56-91-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Pit Number 56-92-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Pit Number 61-48-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Pit Number 66-49-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sandoval County

Storms near this property

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bernalillo, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 8 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2013	Flash Flood	Bernalillo	$250,000	Drainage ditch along Carolina Drive breached creating widespread flooding in Bernalillo. Several nearby homes reported major flooding inside with one home taking up to 5 feet of water. Mud and debris from the flooding was widespread near the breach. Several cars were also reported flooded in the area. Significant damage was also reported at Sandia Pueblo due to a damaged drainage ditch.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Bernalillo	$100,000	One home flooded in Bernalillo and 3 to 4 homes flooded in El Llanito. Mud and debris from the flood waters significantly impacted the area and clean up cost thousands of dollars beyond damage to structures.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Bernalillo	$15,000	A possible small gustnado damaged several trailer homes as the outflow from a strong thunderstorm centered 5 miles to the west moved over northern Bernalillo. A storm survey indicated damage consistent with straightline winds.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Bernalillo	$10,000	Flash flooding occurred along U.S. Highway 550 between NM-528, Paseo del Volcan, and Enchanted Hills. Roads were closed in the area with a couple vehicles inundated by flood waters. One motorists was rescued from their vehicle at Paseo del Volcan in Enchanted Hills. Mud and rocks washed over several roads. Water retention berms were also damaged. Damage amounts are a rough estimate for water impacting vehicles.
July 2021	Tornado (EF0)	Bernalillo	-	A brief landspout tornado was seen near Idalia Road and Highway 528 in Rio Rancho. No damages were reported.
August 2020	Hail	Bernalillo	-	Hail up to the size of nickels was reported in Bernalillo as a storm moved southeast through the area.
June 2020	Hail	Bernalillo	-	A strong thunderstorm that moved through the Rio Rancho area produced large hail. Members of the public reported nickel size hail.
June 2020	Hail	Bernalillo	-	A CoCoRaHS observer near Bernalillo reported penny size hail with a strong thunderstorm that moved through the area.
July 2018	Hail	Bernalillo	-	Hail up to the size of nickels at Tamaya Resort.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Bernalillo	-	Paseo del Volcan closed at U.S. 550 due to flooding.
September 2017	Hail	Bernalillo	-	Hail up to the size of slightly larger than a quarter on northwest edge of Enchanted Hills.
August 1999	Flash Flood	Bernalillo	-	Flooding of Pena Blanca Arroyo reported by Sheriff.
October 2015	Hail	Bernalillo	-	no account filed
July 2004	Funnel Cloud	Bernalillo	-	no account filed
September 2002	Hail	Bernalillo	-	no account filed
September 2002	Hail	Bernalillo	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sandoval 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Abenicio Salazar Historic District	under 500 feet	1980
Roosevelt School	0.8 miles	1996
San Ysidro Church	6.8 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 77000927 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sandoval County	All 12 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.