BlockFrom the record
One of 46 National Register listings published here for Rio Arriba County · listed in 1986 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
El Porvenir Community Ditch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The listing
- Address. Extending from 4.5 mi. E of Encenada to 0.5 mi. N of Encenada, Encenada, 87575
- When was it listed? September 1986
- Category. structure
- Also known as. La Tierra Amarilla MRA
- Census division. Tierra Amarilla
- National Register reference number. 86002300 - 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
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of El Porvenir Community Ditch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 219 acres in total. 40 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/undetermined | 54 |
| Natural | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | Y2K |
| 23 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TINA |
| 21 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BIRTHDAY |
| 18 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | VALDEZ FIRE |
| 14 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chama District | 512 POWERLINE |
| 9 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | JUNCTION |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SAMURI |
| 4 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MUNDY |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of El Porvenir Community Ditch: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eturriaga Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| B - 01294 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eturriga Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lower Brazos | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit No. 65-64-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Valdez Barn | 1.2 miles | 1986 | |
| Ramon Jaramillo House and Barn | 1.3 miles | 1986 | |
| Encenada Community Ditch | 1.4 miles | 1986 | |
| San Joaquin Church | 1.4 miles | 1986 | |
| Parkview Community Ditch | 1.4 miles | 1986 | |
| Los Brazos Historic District | 3.1 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86002300 in Record Group 79. |
| Rio Arriba County | All 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.