Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
One of 159 National Register listings published here for Bernalillo County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
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 101 fires within 5 miles of Delfinia Gurule House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 859 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | TANK |
| 26 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROSE |
| 21 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BRAV0 |
| 5 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RIVERSIDE |
| 24 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DOUBLE |
| 20 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROCKY RIDGE |
| 11 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | BOUNDARY |
| 7 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ANNE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Delfinia Gurule House: 19 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6026 North Second St. Plant | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| American Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Mitchell Prospect | Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Name Unknown Scoria Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Scoria | |
| Albuquerque Gravel Prods.Co.Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Ben's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Carmony Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Efren&Sons Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 60-60-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 60-61-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albuquerque, the town this property stands in, in 161 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 59 hail, 44 flash flood, 35 thunderstorm wind, 16 heavy rain. The reports record 8 deaths and 18 injuries. 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | 3 killed | A thunderstorm with heavy rain rates of 3 to 4 inches per hour resulted in flash flooding across eastern portions of Albuquerque. Several reports of flooded roadways and yards in the Albuquerque foothills was received. The rainfall also quickly filled up in city's arroyos, and three people within the arroyos were swept away. Emergency crews performed water rescues for the three individuals for several hours on July 20th, but rescue efforts were not successful. Unfortunately, emergency personnel recovered the bodies of two adult men on July 21st in the diversion channel washout area, and the body of a third adult man was recovered on July 22nd. A spokesperson for Albuquerque Fire remarked that this was the deadliest flooding event in Albuquerque in recent memory. |
| May 2018 | Heavy Rain | Albuquerque | 1 killed, 5 hurt | An intense burst of rainfall dropped a quick one half inch to one inch of rainfall along with abundant hail in the Midtown area of Albuquerque. Six individuals occupying the urban flood control system were swept away. Five individuals were rescued but the sixth succumbed to flood waters. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | 1 killed, $50,000 | Media reports indicated a man was swept away and died in fast moving water that filled the north diversion channel arroyo. Eye witness reports noted the man was outside the arroyo before somehow ending up in it and being swept away. Search and rescue attempts by the fire department found the body two hours later in the Rio Grande. The only other information available at this time is that it was a male between the ages of 20 and 30 years old. The intense rainfall rates also washed lots of landscaping material, including rocks, mud, and fabric material, into streets across the metro area. A water mark near Carlisle and Comanche suggested the water was as high as 2 feet in the intersection. Road crews spent several hours cleaning up streets across the city. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | 1 killed, $1,000 | Four people in the North Diversion Channel under Interstate 25 at Montgomery Blvd. were swept downstream by swift moving water from a nearby thunderstorm that was producing heavy rain. Three men were able to pull themselves out of the Channel, but a fourth male, Brandon Clifford Jordan, was found dead the next day in the Channel at 2nd street and Alameda. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | 1 killed | Heavy rain in northeast Albuquerque resulted in the city's arroyos filling quickly with fast-moving water. Albuquerque Fire and Rescue reported that two people were caught in the arroyo's flood water. One person was able to escape, but rescue efforts were not successful on the second individual. A woman's body was recovered the next day in the diversion channel. |
| August 1996 | Lightning | Albuquerque | 1 killed | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | 4 hurt | Thunderstorms with gusty winds of 45-50 mph moved across Albuquerque. A large and leafy tree limb fell at the New Mexico State Fair causing minor injuries to 4 people. Two men were transported to hospital and then released. |
| July 1997 | Lightning | Albuquerque | 3 hurt | A propane truck exploded when struck by lightning, burning three men, two of them critically. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Albuquerque | 2 hurt | A 16-year-old girl and a homeless man were swept into the Embudo Arroyo channel in separate incidents. They were both rescued safely after a harrowing experience. |
| July 2001 | Lightning | Albuquerque | 1 hurt | A 40 year old male operator at the city waste treatment plant was injured by a lightning strike. A report of a lightning fatality in Rio Rancho during the same storm was later determined to be a death from self-inflicted wounds. |
| July 1997 | Heavy Rain | Albuquerque | 1 hurt | A 41 year old man was rescued by the fire department from the Tramway Flood Channel in the Fourhills section of Albuquerque. The channel filled quickly from heavy rain of near 1 inch. It was unknown how the man, who was treated at hospital for hypothermia, became trapped in the arroyo channel. |
| September 1997 | Lightning | Albuquerque | 1 hurt | A 22-year old man suffered near fatal injuries from a lightning strike. The man had just taken refuge from heavy rain under a small tree. |
| August 2006 | Heavy Rain | Albuquerque | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $1,200,000 | Heavy rain of 2 inches in 45 minutes swamped streets and dry arroyos across northern Albuquerque. Over 100 new automobiles on a dealer lot were flooded by rapidly rising water. Poor or clogged drainage was partially to blame for these losses. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $1,000,000 | Two rounds of thunderstorms produced heavy rain over the highlighted area that resulted in several reports of flash flooding impacts. Flash flooding forced debris over the roadway at the intersection Montgomery and Carlisle with rocks greater than 5 inches in diameter, and street flooding also observed at Moon and Menaul. High water rises were observed on area arroyos resulting in swift water rescue being deployed with two people able to self-rescue. I-40 westbound also saw two lanes close near San Pedro for emergency repairs. There was also 6 inches of standing water on the bridge over the Hahn Arroyo, with water also reaching the base of a pedestrian bridge over I-40 near San Mateo. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $1,000,000 | Three cars were abandoned in 9 feet of flood water at Central Ave and the 1st Street bridge. Drivers were rescued and swam to safety. Flood water were reported flowing through the Q Burger restaurant at 3rd and Central. The torrent of water toppled a tree at Coal and Walter. Four other vehicles were abandoned in flood waters at Lomas and Broadway. A photo posted from local media showed the Vietnam Memorial park completely inundated with flood water. A local school also reported water inside the facility. A large sink hole developed at the intersection of MLKJ and Broadway. The entire intersection was destroyed. Several underground parking garages around the Convention Center were inundated with water several feet deep. |
| October 2004 | Heavy Rain | Albuquerque | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Albuquerque | $250,000 | Torrential rainfall reported within the area from Paseo del Norte and Wyoming south to around San Antonio and Louisiana. 2.54 inches of rain was reported at La Cueva high school and 3.24 inches was reported near San Francisco and San Antonio. Fire department reported lots of roadways with flooding however no flash flooding was directly observed. The North Diversion Channel at the Alameda Bridge reported at top 10 flow of 7,120cfs. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Albuquerque | $100,000 | Hail up to the size of quarters at Indian School and Madison. Leaves shredded on most trees. Damage amounts are estimated for numerous vehicles in the area. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Albuquerque | $100,000 | Hail up to the size of half dollars fell for nearly five minutes. Hail damaged residential roofs, several vehicles, a camper, and completely destroyed gardens. Hail was piled up nearly 12 inches along the side of homes. Damage amounts are estimated for numerous roofs and vehicles in the area. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Lightning | Albuquerque | $70,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $50,000 | A fire truck was pulled from flood waters near Central Avenue and 1st Street. Tingley Park was completely inundated with flood waters. Landscaping was washed into several streets between downtown and UNM campus. Damage amounts are a very rough estimate. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $50,000 | Several vehicles submerged on Central Avenue under the railroad tracks. AMAFCA noted that at one point the Broadway Pump Station did not activate. This may have been due to a power failure. This caused some flooding at Broadway and Lomas. That water flowed south and taxed the storm drainage network to the south. The South Broadway Detention Basin may have overtopped. At Tingley Park (which is a surge pond) the ring and cover was knocked loose by the water in the storm drain but it is unclear whether or not the Alcalde and Barelas Pump Stations then failed. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $50,000 | Large tree limbs downed at the Albuquerque Zoo. |
| August 1998 | Heavy Rain | Albuquerque | $50,000 | Heavy rain produced extensive street flooding and damaged business and homes in the South Valley section of Albuquerque. |
| January 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $50,000 | A fast moving cold front brought an abrupt end to the mild weather of recent weeks and produced thunderstorms around the city. The quick-hitting storm produced damage, especially in southern Albuquerque. Three-quarters of the roof of the Roadrunner Food Bank was ripped off and one side of the brick building also caved in. The storm also knocked down trees and caused power outages to 500 customers centered around the area of Broadway Boulevard and Interstate 25, north of Stadium and Gibson Boulevards southeast. One hundred outages were scattered through the rest of Albuquerque and another 100 in the East Mountains. Winds gusted to 47 knots (54 mph) nearby at the Albuquerque International Airport at 1818 MST. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $30,000 | Multiple local news outlets reported that a wedding tent collapsed due to high winds injuring guests. The winds were outflow winds from a storm to the north of the location. Gusts estimated to be 60 + mph. The tent was a 40x80 ft tent which collapsed onto a wedding reception party during dinner service. Two women were taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries while 6 others sustained minor injuries. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $30,000 | Large outdoor event tent was toppled and destroyed at the Albuquerque Folk Festival being held at the Albuquerque Balloon Museum. There is a video of the incident on Youtube. Winds are thought to be the outflow from a storm to the north. Winds at the Albuquerque Sunport gusted to 52mph, thought to be at least 60+ where this event happened. No injuries reported. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $30,000 | Photo posted to Twitter showed a water rescue at a vehicle completely submerged in 9 feet of flood waters at Central Ave and the 1st Street bridge. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $30,000 | Brief, but heavy rain flooded city streets in northeast Albuquerque. Ten to 15 cars stalled in flooded underpasses. Two women were trapped and had to be rescued by city fire department crews. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $30,000 | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $25,000 | Multiple reports via Twitter of tree damage and trees being uprooted in various portions of central and eastern Albuquerque. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $25,000 | Mudslide along the access road to Interstate 25 near Mountain Rd. Damage estimated for landscaping property loss. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $25,000 | Landscape material rockslide across 1 lane of southbound access road to Interstate 25 between Central Ave and Lomas Blvd. Two lanes closed. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Albuquerque | $20,000 | Entire roof covering exterior garden department collapsed at the Kmart on Montgomery and Eubank due to heavy rainfall. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $15,000 | An upper level disturbance moved over the state with gusty winds and dry microbursts of 50 mph at Albuquerque. Several large cottonwood trees were toppled in the Rio Grande bosque. Winds forced an early evening closing of the New Mexico State Fair. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $10,000 | A slow-moving thunderstorm dropped an estimated 1 to 1.5 inches of rain in 20 minutes in the North Valley and Los Ranchos de Albuquerque neighborhood of Albuquerque. This resulted in flash flooding on the eastbound lanes of Paseo Del Norte at Rio Grande Blvd and on the westbound frontage road of Paseo Del Norte at Jefferson Street. Additionally, a post on social media reported flood waters entering a business on 4th Street in the Los Ranchos de Albuquerque neighborhood. Finally, a video on social media showed floodwaters in the individual's residence and the family sweeping out the floodwaters from the front entrance of the residence. Property damage cost for the business on 4th street and the residence in the North Valley neighborhood is an estimate. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $10,000 | A public report of three inch tree limbs broken and power poles down. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $10,000 | Lomas and Carlisle intersection closed due to high water. Many yards experienced damage to landscaping from flooding over curb levels. Particularly hard hit was area around Lafayette and Mountain within Summit Park neighborhood. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $10,000 | Video posted to Twitter showed a torrent of water an estimated 1 foot deep flowing down Central Ave near Interstate 25. Construction barrels were floating down the sidewalk. Damages estimated for construction material losses. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $10,000 | Six inches of water reported in the basement of an apartment building near Lead and Broadway. |
| July 2012 | Lightning | Albuquerque | $10,000 | Lightning ripped a hole through the top of Christ Lutheran Church at Pennsylvania Street and Candelaria Road NE. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $5,000 | Power lines down at Montano and 4th. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $4,000 | At Ranchitos and Eubank, the shoulders of the roads were eroded with a foot of water covering the intersection. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Albuquerque | $4,000 | A large cottonwood tree in southwest Albuquerque was uprooted due to the rain-softened ground. The tree blocked a street and tore up some sidewalk. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $4,000 | Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rain on the east side of Albuquerque. One and a half inches of rain was reported at Constitution and Wyoming. Two apartments were flooded and evacuated at 8500 Marquette NE in the Northeast Heights. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $3,000 | A small gustnado developed on the leading edge outflow from strong thunderstorms moving east into northwest Albuquerque near Coors Blvd and Irving Drive. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $3,000 | Gusts, estimated at 60 mph, from a dry microburst damaged a church roof and nearby storage building in northeast Albuquerque. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $2,000 | A severe storm with very strong outflow winds uprooted a 30 foot live tree at a residence on Academy and Wyoming. Damage amounts are a rough estimate. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $2,000 | Intersection of El Pueblo Rd and Edith Blvd was washed over with rocks, dirt, and asphalt from a nearby bike path. Several urban arroyos in the region were near maximum capacity. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $1,000 | A large tree limb was downed at Fruit Avenue and Luna Boulevard in southwest Albuquerque as a strong thunderstorm tracked westward through the city. Damages are estimated. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $1,000 | A passing virga shower downed a large tree branch at Wyoming and Academy. A large traffic sign along Interstate 25 near Gibson was also blown over. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $1,000 | Two large trees blown down at the FAA Air Route Traffic Control Center. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $1,000 | Large amounts of landscape debris washed across Wyoming at Carmel blocking northbound lanes of traffic. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $1,000 | A HAM operator reported street flooding on Interstate 40 at the Juan Tabo exit. All traffic on both sides of Interstate blocked from getting through until flood waters receded. |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $1,000 | Gusty winds on the leading edge of a thunderstorm snapped several small trees and downed a few power lines in the South Valley section of Albuquerque. Gusts were measured at 35 mph at the International Airport two miles east of the damage area. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albuquerque | $500 | Media member supplied pictures of trampoline that was blown on top of a power line, indicating an estimated wind speed of 55 mph. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Albuquerque | $500 | Water flowed so high at the intersection of Eubank and Lomas that when a transit bus opened its doors, water poured into the bus. |
8 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 13,360 issues, 109,064 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 |
|---|---|
| Albuquerque Daily Citizen | 1895 to 1903 |
| Albuquerque Evening Citizen | 1905 to 1907 |
| Albuquerque Citizen | 1907 to 1909 |
| The Morning Journal | 1884 to 1886 |
| Albuquerque Morning Journal | 1903 to 1926 |
| Albuquerque Weekly Citizen | 1891 to 19?? |
| Albuquerque Evening Herald | 1911 to 1914 |
| The Evening Herald | 1914 to 1922 |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles LeFeber House | under 500 feet | 1980 | |
 | Hilario Lopez House | under 500 feet | 1980 |
 | La Glorieta House | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Chester Carnes House | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Henry Mann House | 0.3 miles | 1980 |
 | Castle Apartments | 0.3 miles | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002536 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Bernalillo County | All 159 listed properties in this county. |
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