Built in 1930 (Georgian architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
“The De Baca County Courthouse, located on Ave. C in Fort Sumner, New Mexico within De Baca County, is a historic building built in 1930.”
Wikipedia article De Baca County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 5 National Register listings published here for De Baca County · listed in 1987 · category: Building · built in 1930, Georgian architecture.
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 28 fires within 5 miles of De Baca County Courthouse between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,536 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 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 | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 13 July 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CACTUS |
| 11 July 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RED MILL |
| 3 June 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 27 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | JACOB |
| 25 June 2016 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Capitan District | WILTON-VAUGHN |
| 22 June 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Capitan District | BLACK BRIDGE |
| 6 May 2016 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Las Vegas District | JUAN DIOS |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of De Baca County Courthouse: 13 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortez Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fort Sumner Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Steele Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | 1992 | |
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Sumner, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports in 1993: 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Fort Sumner | $50,000 | A tornado moved across Sumner Lake, hitting the Alamo Boat Club Deck. The tornado damaged and flipped over two pontoon boats, stripped the roof from one cabin, damaged roofs of five other cabins and broke several power poles and television antennas. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Fort Sumner | - | A tornado touched down briefly in open country between Fort Sumner and Vaughn. |
1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 52 issues, 334 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Fort Sumner Review | 190? to 1947 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fort Sumner Community House | 0.4 miles | 2003 |
 | Fort Sumner Cemetery Wall and Entry | 1.0 miles | 2008 |
 | Fort Sumner Railroad Bridge | 1.3 miles | 1979 |
| Fort Sumner Railroad Bridge | 1.8 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000896 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| De Baca County | All 5 listed properties in this county. |
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