BlockFrom the record
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Otero County · listed in 1989 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Mayhill Administrative Site
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 5 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. US 82, 1.5 mi. N of Mayhill, Mayhill, 88339
- When was it listed? June 1989
- Category. district
- Census division. Southeast Otero
- National Register reference number. 89000476 - 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
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Mayhill Administrative Site between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35,602 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 5 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | SCAR |
| 6 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | ZUES |
| 6 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | LONG |
| 24 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | GRAVEYARD |
| 2 July 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Lincoln National Forest | not named |
| 16 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | BARN DOOR |
| 14 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | FLATS |
| 14 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | BEAR |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mayhill Administrative Site: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Hwy Pit No. 59-37-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 59-36-S | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
12 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayhill, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Mayhill | $300,000 | A stationary thunderstorm dropped several inches of rain on Mayhill, with some residents and area ranchers reporting up to 5 inches in an hour. This resulted in a wall of water 9 to 10 feet high down the Rio Penasco River. Extensive flash flooding closed Highway 82, and damaged roads, bridges and homes. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Mayhill | $20,000 | Upslope conditions within a tropical air mass resulted in 6 to 10 inches of rainfall within 6 hours. The area is remote, so the only effects were a ranch under water (according to the rancher) and a couple of highways flooded. Dark Ridge Observatory near Weed reported more than 6 inches of rain from the event. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Mayhill | - | Highway 130 south of Mayhill was closed due to flooding crossing the roadway. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Mayhill | - | An inch and a half to 2 inches of rain fell just west of Mayhill which caused some mud to come across Highway 82. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Mayhill | - | The Rio Penasco River came out of it's banks from just east of Mayhill into Chaves County with widespread flooding across the area. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Mayhill | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in Sixteen Springs Canyon. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Mayhill | - | Nickel and quarter size hail fell near the junction of US 82 and NM 130 in the vicinity of Mayhill. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayhill | - | Trees and large limbs were blown down in the Mayhill area. Also, 1.25 inches of rain fell within 15 minutes. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Mayhill | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Mayhill | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Mayhill | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Mayhill | - | no account filed |
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000476 in Record Group 79. |
| Otero County | All 24 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.