Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“The Nara Visa School is a historic school building in Nara Visa, New Mexico. The school was built in 1921 during the settlement of eastern New Mexico.”
Wikipedia article Nara Visa School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Quay County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Nara Visa School between 2000 and 2019, burning about 2,648 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2006 | Natural | 325 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 22 April 2006 | Natural | 94 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 26 February 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE LINE 54 WEST |
| 22 February 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COMACK |
| 21 October 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE LINE 54 WEST |
| 22 January 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,209 acres | Las Vegas District | 19-40450279X |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Nara Visa School: 9 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Three Unnamed Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nara Visa, the town this property stands in, in 49 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 36 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nara Visa | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nara Visa | $200,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nara Visa | $75,000 | High winds damaged a home several miles northwest of Nara Visa. Windows were blown out of the home and trees were toppled in the area. Damage amounts are a rough estimate for roof and window damage. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nara Visa | $65,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew of a community center roof, church doors and destroyed numerous outbuildings in Nara Visa as reported in Quay County Sun. A social media post showed a large section of a metal fence lofted into the air and draped over a toppled tree at Burns Ranch and a second large tree blown down. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nara Visa | $50,000 | High winds and large hail resulted in roof damage to at least one home in Nara Visa. Damage amounts are a rough estimate for one home. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Nara Visa | $5,000 | Golfball-size hail broke windows and shredded trees of vegetation. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nara Visa | $3,000 | A line of thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts in northeast New Mexico. Large tree limbs were broken six miles south of Amistad and windows were broken in Nara Visa. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nara Visa | - | The public reported a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Nara Visa | - | Landspout (non-mesocyclonic) tornado touched down briefly southeast of Nara Visa, NM. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | Report from mPING of hen egg size hail as supercell moves east through northern Quay County. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Nara Visa | - | A supercell near Nara Visa spawned a brief tornado which tracked northwest for approximately ten minutes. No damage was reported. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | Quarter size hail in Nara Visa. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | Quarter size hail and high winds damaged the roof of at least one home in Nara Visa. Damage amounts were included in the associated high wind report. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | Penny size hail in Nara Visa. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | Hail up to the size of quarters in Nara Visa. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | Hail up to the size of half dollars seven miles southwest of Nara Visa. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Nara Visa | - | Second night in a row of highway flooding on highway 402 between Amistad and Nara Visa near mile marker 22 due to heavy rain from thunderstorms. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nara Visa | - | Power has been out since 650 or 700pm MDT. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nara Visa | - | Strongest winds occurred between 710 and 720pm MDT. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | Penny size hail accumulated to a depth of 4 inches northwest of Nara Visa. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and three tornadoes. A small tornado at Rosebud in Harding County ripped down 30 to 40 power poles and damaged utility buildings. A tornado in northern Quay County continued into Hartley County, of the Texas panhandle and lifted up two miles east of Romero. The tornado just north of Glen Rio was brief. Due to the open country no damage occurred with these events. All paths are an estimate. Wind damage northwest of Nara Visa accounted for 70 plus power poles and several out buildings. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | Dime-size hail reported by Tucumcari Sheriff's Office. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | Dime-size hail reported by Tucumcari Sheriff's Office. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and two tornadoes. The tornado in northern Quay County continued into Hartley County of the Texas Panhandle and lifted up two miles east of Romero. The tornado just north of Glen Rio was brief. Due to the open country no damage occurred with these events. Both paths are an estimate. Wind damage northwest of Nara Visa accounted for 70 plus power poles and several out buildings. |
| September 1993 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | Quarter-size hail was reported by a storm spotter and relayed through KFDA-TV station. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Nara Visa | - | no account filed |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83004151 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Quay County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |
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