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One of 30 National Register listings published here for Colfax County · listed in 1994 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
El Vado de las Piedras and the Santa Fe Trail-Colfax County Trail Segments
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
The listing
- Listed as. El Vado de las Piedras and the Santa Fe Trail--Colfax County Trail Segments - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 1.5 mi. S of US 56, at the Canadian R., Springer, 87747
- When was it listed? April 1994
- Category. site
- Also known as. Santa Fe Trail MPS
- Census division. Springer
- National Register reference number. 94000327 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of El Vado de las Piedras and the Santa Fe Trail-Colfax County Trail Segments between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,916 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cimarron District | 20-20320170X |
| 6 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Cimarron District | 20-20350173X |
| 6 August 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Cimarron District | ROADRUNNER |
| 28 July 2016 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Cimarron District | A-95 |
| 23 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Cimarron District | MM25 |
| 15 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | KNOWLES |
| 13 July 2017 | Natural | 118 acres | Cimarron District | DOS RIO'S |
| 13 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 580 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RED RIVER |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of El Vado de las Piedras and the Santa Fe Trail-Colfax County Trail Segments: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maldonado Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
54 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springer, the town this property stands in, in 54 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 46 hail, 4 funnel cloud, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Hail | Springer | $5,000,000 | Thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Raton at 1415 MST and dime-size hail in Maxwell at 1450 MST. Thunderstorms redeveloped in Colfax County later, producing a hail storm that lasted about 40 minutes in the Springer area. Baseball-size hail damaged about 55 state vehicles at the New Mexico Boys School just northwest of Springer. Eleven building sustained roofing, window or ventilation damage, including the Trades center, in which all 22 overhead skylights were broken. The storm caused many branches and limbs to break away from trees, littering the campus. School officials estimate the total damage to exceed $500,000. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Springer | $50,000 | Heavy rain near Springer flooded U.S. Highway 56, making it impassable. A barn along the highway had 4 inches of standing water while a house and its backyard had 2 to 3 inches of standing water. Damages are estimated. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springer | $20,000 | Utility lines and power poles were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Springer | $2,000 | Long lasting hail with strong winds and numerous tree branches downed. A report on twitter also indicated large hail broke a plate glass window in a shop in Springer. Power went out and did not come back on until 3pm local time on July 14th. Damage is an estimate. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Springer | - | The public and a trained spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm passing over Springer, NM. |
| October 2024 | Hail | Springer | - | A strong storm dropped penny size hail with accumulations of 2 to 3 inches. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Springer | - | Supercell moving east dropped golf ball sized hail southeast of Springer. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Springer | - | A supercell moving southeast produced quarter to golf ball sized hail in Springer. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Springer | - | Supercell moving east produced ping pong to hen egg size hail in Springer. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springer | - | Small tree limbs broken from 60 mph winds near Springer. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Springer | - | Hail up to the size of half dollars reported in Springer. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Springer | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls along with high winds. A three inch tree limb was downed. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Springer | - | Trained spotter reported quarter to half dollar size hail near Springer. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Springer | - | Southern edge of multi-cellular thunderstorm complex produced a brief landspout tornado with a brown dust swirl. No damage reported. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Springer | - | Ping pong ball size hail reported 8 miles south southwest of Springer. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Springer | - | Quarter size hail 1 mile north of Springer. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Springer | - | Golf ball sized hail started at 510 pm MST along Interstate 25. Sized was reduced to dimes by 515 pm. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Springer | - | Hail last 10 minutes along Interstate 25. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Springer | - | Many vehicles were damaged by the hail. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Springer | - | Golfball hail reported 6 inches deep on Interstate 25 north of Springer. |
| July 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Springer | - | A brief funnel cloud was reported by State Police. |
| August 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Springer | - | Guards from the Springer Boys Ranch facility reported sighting a brief funnel cloud. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Springer | - | A storm near Springer produced about 15 minutes of marble hail with a stones to golfball size. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Springer | - | State Police reported marble hail covering Interstate 25 to three inches deep south of Springer. |
| October 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Springer | - | At least two funnel clouds were sighted south of Springer. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Springer | - | Thunderstorms produced quarter-size hail in Raton at 1415 MST and dime-size hail in Maxwell at 1450 MST. Thunderstorms redeveloped in Colfax County later, producing a hail storm that lasted about 40 minutes in the Springer area. Baseball-size hail damaged about 55 state vehicles at the New Mexico Boys School just northwest of Springer. Eleven building sustained roofing, window or ventilation damage, including the Trades center, in which all 22 overhead skylights were broken. The storm caused many branches and limbs to break away from trees, littering the campus. School officials estimate the total damage to exceed $500,000. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Springer | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Springer | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Springer | - | 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mills House | 6.8 miles | 1970 |
 | Immanuel Lutheran Church | 6.9 miles | 2015 |
 | R. H. Cowan Livery Stable | 7.1 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94000327 in Record Group 79. |
| Colfax County | All 30 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.