Built in 1933. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
“The Wofford Lookout Complex consists of an 80-foot-tall (24 m) fire lookout tower and associated buildings in Lincoln National Forest in Otero County, New Mexico.”
Wikipedia article Wofford Lookout Complex, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Otero County · listed in 1988 · category: Structure · built in 1933.
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 1 fire within 5 miles of Wofford Lookout Complex in 1994, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | CHARLIE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cloudcroft, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 18 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Hail | Cloudcroft | $250 | Golf ball size hail was reported on Highway 244 east of Cloudcroft which broke a windshield. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Cloudcroft | $10 | A local trained spotter reported several minutes of .70 inch hail across western portions of the city of Cloudcroft in association with a strong thunderstorm that moved over the area. .50 inches of heavy rain was also reported from this storm. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | An NWS Student Volunteer reported hail up to one inch in diameter east of Cloudcroft. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | Hail up to the size of quarters and as deep as 4 inches in areas was reported around Cloudcroft. Snow plows were called in order to remove the hail from roads. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | A trained spotter near Silver Lake reported hail up to the size of pennies. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Cloudcroft | - | The Otero County Emergency Manager reported up to 4 inches of rain had fallen in less than 2 hours at the Waterfall Lodge and along Cox Canyon Highway. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | Golf ball size hail. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | Hail was up to 2 inches deep. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | Dime to nickel sized hail reported just south-southeast of Cloudcroft. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Cloudcroft | - | A CoCoRaHS Observer 5 miles northeast of Cloudcroft reported 2.99 inches of rain between the 16th and early on the 19th. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | Mescalero Fire Department reported pea to nickel sized hail covering the ground up to 6 inches in depth along highway 244. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Cloudcroft | - | Mescalero Fire Department reported 8 to 12 inches of water along with debris covering Highway 244 between mile markers 10 and 18. Road was closed for a short while. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Cloudcroft | - | Water was over the roads and driveways in Sixteen Springs. Ditches were running 1 to 2 feet deep. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Cloudcroft | - | Flooding with necessary evacuations occurred around Sixteen Springs and Walker Canyon. Spotter reports of 2 inches of rain in an hour with County Road 10 washed out east of Sixteen Springs. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Cloudcroft | - | The local COOP observer for Cloudcroft reported 1.17 inches of heavy rain. The local emergency manager also reported heavy rain and some minor street flood occurring across western and southern parts of Cloudcroft. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Cloudcroft | - | A total of 5.5 inches of rain was reported in Cloudcroft. Flooding was reported around the Cloudcroft High School area, around the water treatment plant and over Highway 130. The intersection of Chautauqua and Woodlands Roads was closed due to water over the road. Other rainfall totals over the Sacramento Mountains included 2.99 inches 4 miles southwest of Silver Lake and 2.65 inches of rain at the Dry Canyon Mesonet Station 3 miles south-southwest of Silver Lake. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | Hail up to one inch in diameter was reported in Cloudcroft. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Cloudcroft | - | Storm drainage culverts on Highway 130 near mile marker 16 were plugged and 2 feet of water was flowing over the highway. The highway was impassable. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | Penny to nickel size hail covered the ground. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | Hail up to ping pong size accumulated to a 2 inch depth about 2 miles southeast of Cloudcroft. The majority of the hailstones were nickel size. |
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Cloudcroft | - | A small rope-like tornado was reported by weather observers at Holloman AFB. It was observed for 8 minutes over the Sacramento Mountains beneath a thunderstorm about 3 miles southeast of Cloudcroft. The tornado was nearly stationary while the thunderstorm moved south. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | Holloman AFB personnel involved in training south of Cloudcroft experienced 40 minutes of half-inch hail with the largest hailstones slightly larger than 1 inch in diameter. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | Hail up to the size of quarters covered the ground to a depth of 2 inches. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Cloudcroft | - | no account filed |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002484 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Otero County | All 24 listed properties in this county. |
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