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One of 104 National Register listings published here for San Miguel County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Pendaries Grist Mill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1 mi. (1.6 km) E of Rociada off NM 105, Rociada, 87742
- When was it listed? February 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Las Vegas
- National Register reference number. 79001552 - 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
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Pendaries Grist Mill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 458 acres in total. 38 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | HERMIT |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CHARLIE |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GARCIA |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | BUELAH |
| 1 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | THUNDER |
| 5 July 2000 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | MORPHY |
| 4 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | INDEPENDENCE |
| 31 July 2006 | Natural | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pendaries Grist Mill: 6 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure-Rising Sun Mine | Gold, Molybdenum, Copper | Past Producer | 1900, 1940 | |
| Joe Matt & Sam Adams Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Joe and Jenny Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Martinez Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Good Hope Mine | Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospects | Zinc | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
10 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rociada, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Rociada | $100,000 | Damage from flash flooding occurred along County Road A3A. Debris and rubble were scattered across roadways and driveways with some vehicles trapped in the debris. Another video in the same area showed vehicles trapped in flash flooding in Rincon Montoso southwest of Rociada. Property damage for cabins and vehicles is an estimate. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Rociada | $100,000 | Heavy rain on the Calf Canyon burn scar ran into the Rito San Jose, causing it to overfill its banks. This caused significant flooding near Rociada as high and fast-moving water ran up against a house near Highway 105 and County Road A4B. Water nearly swept away a large propane tank as well. Reports were also received of water near another building in Rociada and with water up to the bumpers of several parks vehicles. Damages are a rough estimate. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Rociada | $30,000 | Heavy rain on the Calf Canyon burn scar caused flash flooding in and around Rociada. Heaviest rains drained into Capulin Canyon flowing to the Rito San Jose and San Jose Church. Video shared on Twitter showed flood waters approaching homes, but exact damages are unknown. Damages are estimated. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Rociada | $20,000 | Heavy rain on the Calf Canyon burn scar caused flooding along Highway 105 and Highway 276. This forced the closure of Highway 105 at mile marker 5 and the closure of Highway 276 at mile marker 0. Damages are estimated. |
| May 2025 | Flood | Rociada | - | A trained spotter reported that flooding from the rain on snow event that had ended on earlier in the week was continuing due to the fast warm-up in temperatures exacerbating the snowmelt. Flood impacts included streams and creeks overtopping area highways near Pendaries between Mora and Rociada and along the Sapello River. |
| May 2025 | Flood | Rociada | - | A trained spotter near Chacon, NM confirmed reports from various sources across social media and broadcast media of flooding across the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains from a combination of heavy rain and heavy rain on snow within the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar. The Gallinas Creek in particular responded with high rises that flooded several low water crossings within Las Vegas, NM. Videos shared on Facebook showed flooding in Sapello, NM with other reports of flooding near Mineral Hill west of Las Vegas. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Rociada | - | The IMET on the Calf Canyon fire reported flash flooding along New Mexico 276 due to the Maestas Creek overfilling its banks. Damages are not known. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Rociada | - | Heavy rain on the Calf Canyon burn scar caused the Rito San Jose to overflow its banks and flood low water crossings along County Road A4 near Rociada. No damages were reported. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Rociada | - | A trained spotter reported two inch hail from a severe thunderstorm near Rociada. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Rociada | - | Hail up to the size of quarters in Rociada. |
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 record | The nomination case file for reference 79001552 in Record Group 79. |
| San Miguel County | All 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.