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Samuel Sanchez House

Built in 1885 (Territorial architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“The Samuel Sanchez House, on the Sanchez Ranch near Los Brazos, New Mexico, was built in the 1880s. Route 64, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.”

Wikipedia article Samuel Sanchez House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 46 National Register listings published here for Rio Arriba County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · built in 1885, Territorial architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Sanchez, Samuel, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Off US 64, Los Brazos, 87520
  • When was it listed? September 1986
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. La Tierra Amarilla MRA
  • Census division. Tierra Amarilla
  • When was it built? 1885
  • Architectural style. Territorial architecture
  • National Register reference number. 86002315 - 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Samuel Sanchez House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 333 acres in total. 36 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/undetermined63
Natural36
Debris and open burning25
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
21 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBIRTHDAY
18 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionVALDEZ FIRE
14 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChama District512 POWERLINE
7 August 2001Naturalunder an acreJicarilla AgencyNEAR MISS
6 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMUNDY
4 August 2005Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMUNDY
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGOTIT

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Samuel Sanchez House: 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 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

Every working 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
Samuel Sanchez Barnsunder 500 feet1986
El Barranco Community Ditch0.7 miles1986
Los Brazos Historic District1.0 miles1985
Manuelita Trujillo House1.5 miles1985
Trujillo, Sr., Fernando, House1.8 miles1985
Sanchez-March House1.9 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86002315 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.