Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
“The Ashcroft-Merrill Historic District is a historic district in Ramah, New Mexico which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.”
Wikipedia article Ashcroft-Merrill Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 25 National Register listings published here for McKinley County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.
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 79 fires within 5 miles of Ashcroft-Merrill Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Natural | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Zuni Agency | BOWMEN |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LION |
| 29 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ramah Navajo Agency | 47 |
| 2 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TIMBERLAKE |
| 16 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ramah Navajo Agency | RT 133 |
| 7 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | SUNFLOWER |
| 6 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Zuni Agency | RT12B |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramah, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2009: 3 flash flood. 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 2009 | Flash Flood | Ramah | $5,000 | Heavy rain caused a vehicle to be washed away in an arroyo. Law enforcement discovered the vehicle unoccupied with keys in the ignition. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Ramah | $500 | Highway 53 was closed in both directions between mile markers 35 and 36. Water was up to one foot deep. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Ramah | - | Four feet of water near the intersection of Mountain View Road and Highway 53 made the road impassible. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evon Zartman Vogt Ranch House | 1.2 miles | 1993 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001079 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| McKinley County | All 25 listed properties in this county. |
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