BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Quay County · listed in 1994 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
State Maintained Route 66-Palomas to Montoya
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
The listing
- Listed as. State Maintained Route 66--Palomas to Montoya - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. State frontage rd. from SE of Palomas W to Montoya, Montoya, 88401
- When was it listed? March 1994
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Route 66 through New Mexico MPS
- Census division. Tucumcari
- National Register reference number. 93001208 - 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
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of State Maintained Route 66-Palomas to Montoya between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,281 acres in total. 4 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 | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PALOMAS |
| 1 August 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Las Vegas District | BEASLEY |
| 5 July 2019 | Natural | 50 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40060037X |
| 21 July 2011 | Natural | 12 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SPARK |
| 14 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HEATHER |
| 7 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MONTOYA |
| 28 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Vegas District | 20-40900728X |
| 25 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RANDELS |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of State Maintained Route 66-Palomas to Montoya: 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beasley Brothers 4 Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | 1952 | |
| Eight Point Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Richardson Ranch Prospects | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Beasley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montoya, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Montoya | - | A trained spotter near Montoya observed quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montoya | - | Trained spotter reported severe thunderstorm wind gusts kicking up lots of dust. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Montoya | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Richardson Store | 4.9 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93001208 in Record Group 79. |
| Quay County | All 13 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.