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San Antonio de Padua del Quemado Chapel

Built in 1832. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“The San Antonio de Padua del Quemado Chapel in Cordova, New Mexico was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.”

Wikipedia article San Antonio de Padua del Quemado Chapel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 46 National Register listings published here for Rio Arriba County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · built in 1832.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. off NM 76, Cordova, 87523
  • When was it listed? November 1978
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Chimayo
  • When was it built? 1832
  • National Register reference number. 78001821 - 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

64 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of San Antonio de Padua del Quemado Chapel between 1993 and 2020, burning about 17,488 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
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
12 September 1997Natural1.5 acresSanta Fe National ForestCHICO
29 August 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestTHIRD
28 August 2018Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRIO
28 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestCARNERO
24 August 1997Natural99 acresSanta Fe National ForestBABY CLINTON
15 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSanta Fe National Forest306
1 August 2000Natural2.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestAMOLE
7 July 2007Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National Forest306

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of San Antonio de Padua del Quemado Chapel: 6 prospects, 6 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Uranium, Beryllium, Beryllium, Mica. 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
Materials Pit No. 64-66-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Rocking Chair MineBeryllium, MicaPast Producer1955
Rocking Chair Nos. 1 and 2Beryllium, CalciumProspect
FidelBerylliumPast Producer
Hubbard ProspectUraniumProspect
MarionUraniumUnknown
Santa Rita Beryl ProspectBerylliumProspect
B.A.T. Claims MineMicaPast Producer1955, 1956, 1964
El Fidel Beryl DepositMicaPast Producer1957, 1958
Fidel MineMicaProspect

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78001821 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.