Built in 1920. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
“The Carson School, on New Mexico State Road 96 in Carson, New Mexico, was built in 1920. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in February 1986.”
Wikipedia article Carson School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 40 National Register listings published here for Taos County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · built in 1920.
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 27 fires within 5 miles of Carson School between 1994 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 14 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Taos Field Office | HONDOCANON |
| 24 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | not named |
| 19 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | ROCKY WALK |
| 27 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | JUNIPER |
| 25 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | RAVEN |
| 25 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | OREJAS |
| 21 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Taos Field Office | ROADSIDE |
| 2 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Taos Field Office | OVERLOOK |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Carson School: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Lithium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Feather Claims | Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Lithium, Beryllium, Mica | Occurrence |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carson, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2018: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Carson | - | NM-567 closed due to flash flooding near Carson. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Ysidro Oratorio | 7.8 miles | 1984 | |
 | Rio Grande Gorge Bridge | 7.9 miles | 1997 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86000233 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Taos County | All 40 listed properties in this county. |
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