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Photograph of George Becker House, Bunk House and Barn
Photograph by Matthew.kowal, CC BY 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Becker, George, House, Bunk House and Barn

Built in 1918. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“The George Becker House, Bunk House and Barn, is a historic property southwest of Los Ojos, New Mexico, United States, was built in 1918-19. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.”

Wikipedia article George Becker House, Bunk House and Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 46 National Register listings published here for Rio Arriba County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1918.

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. E. of La Puente Rd. and S. of Hatchery Rd., Los Ojos, 87575
  • When was it listed? April 1985
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. La Tierra Amarilla MRA
  • Census division. Tierra Amarilla
  • When was it built? 1918
  • National Register reference number. 85000777 - 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Becker, George, House, Bunk House and Barn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 339 acres in total. 47 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined68
Natural47
Debris and open burning26
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTINA
18 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionVALDEZ FIRE
14 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChama District512 POWERLINE
1 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionVISITOR
9 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionJUNCTION
7 August 2013Naturalunder an acreChama DistrictPLAZA
7 August 2001Naturalunder an acreJicarilla AgencyNEAR MISS
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGOTIT

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Becker, George, House, Bunk House and Barn: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eturriaga Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
B - 01294 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eturriga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lower BrazosSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit No. 65-64-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 70-15-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Rutheron PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba County

Storms near this property

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Los Ojos, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1999Flash FloodLos Ojos$150,000Several county roads were washed out near Los Ojos.

Every storm 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.

Listed places nearby

6 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Blanton Log Houseunder 500 feet1985
Gilbert Martinez Barnunder 500 feet1985
Teodoro Martinez House0.2 miles1985
Los Ojos (Parkview) Fish Hatchery0.4 miles1985
Burns Lake Bungalow0.4 miles1985
Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto0.9 miles1987

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85000777 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.
  • 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.