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Folsom Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

From the record

“The Folsom Hotel, at southwest of junction of Grand Ave. and Wall St. in Folsom, New Mexico, is a historic stone building built in 1888 that served as a department store and as a hotel. National Register of Historic Places in 1987.”

Wikipedia article Folsom Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 11 National Register listings published here for Union County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.

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.
  • Address. SW Jct. of Grand Ave. and Wall St., Folsom, 88419
  • When was it listed? May 1987
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Clayton North
  • National Register reference number. 87000726 - 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

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Folsom Hotel between 1998 and 2018, burning about 356 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined2
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 June 2018Debris and open burning39 acresCimarron DistrictNEWKIRK
22 May 2006Natural250 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
20 December 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined67 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBRIGGS
1 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCimarron DistrictHWY 325

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Folsom Hotel: 10 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
Twin Mountain Rock MinePumiceProducer
Twin Mountain Rock QuarryVolcanic MaterialsProducerScoria
Baby CapulinSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bary CapulinSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Capulin MountainSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Capulin MountainSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Colomex PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Colorado & Southern Ballast PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this property

36 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Folsom, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 27 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011Flash FloodFolsom$50,000Rainfall rates of 2 inches in 30 minutes were reported in Folsom. Streets rapidly flooded including Highways 456 and 325. The runoff flooded some homes.
July 2011Flash FloodFolsom$2,000Water was approximately four feet deep over Highway 456 at the Dry Cimarron River Crossing approximately 10 miles east of Folsom. A few fences were washed out due to the high water.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFolsom$1,000Thunderstorm winds lifted the roof off a small shed.
May 2024HailFolsom-Observer reported quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm that ended up destroying their garden tomatoes.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindFolsom-A trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts associated with a severe thunderstorm.
May 2019HailFolsom-Nickel size hail reported near Folsom.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindFolsom-Peak wind gust up to 60 mph near Folsom.
June 2018HailFolsom-A quick burst of hail up to the size of golf balls was reported near Folsom. Minor damage was reported to a pick up truck from the hail. Observers in the area also witnessed a funnel cloud.
June 2018Funnel CloudFolsom-Funnel cloud spotted northeast of Folsom.
June 2017HailFolsom-Ping pong ball size hail from a very brief storm.
April 2016HailFolsom-Penny size hail in Folsom.
August 2015HailFolsom-Half dollar size hail fell briefly in Folsom.
May 2015HailFolsom-Hail accumulated several inches deep.
May 2014HailFolsom-Quarter size hail covering the ground just north of Folsom.
June 2014HailFolsom-Near Folsom.
June 2014HailFolsom-Quarter size hail up to 2 inches deep at State Road 551 and 456 to the northeast of Folsom.
July 2013Flash FloodFolsom-Dry Cimarron Creek at Folsom became a raging torrent of water with flows out of bank into nearby trees and meadows. Photos from one section of the creek showed a large waterfall scouring out the creek bed and nearby creek banks.
August 2009HailFolsom-Hail was mostly pea size, but a few stones were the size of a golfball.
May 2006HailFolsom-Pea size hail also reported covered the ground 5 to 6 inches deep across a 6 mile stretch of open rangeland.
July 2001Flash FloodFolsom-Raging water flows were reported in arroyos north of Folsom. A nearby cooperative observer reported 1.6 inch rain in about an hour. Satellite rain estimates over the rural country were as high as 4 inches in 2 hours.
May 1998Funnel CloudFolsom-Spotters reported several brief funnel clouds over open rangeland of northwest Union County.
May 2023HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2015HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2015HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2015HailFolsom-no account filed
June 2014HailFolsom-no account filed
June 2011HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2007HailFolsom-no account filed
June 2006HailFolsom-no account filed
June 2006HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2006HailFolsom-no account filed
June 2004HailFolsom-no account filed
June 2003HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2002HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2002HailFolsom-no account filed
July 2000HailFolsom-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union 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

1 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
Capulin Volcano National Monument Historic District5.3 miles2025

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 87000726 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Union CountyAll 11 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.