Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
“The El Cerro Tome Site is a site of petroglyphs and other prehistoric artifacts near Tome, New Mexico which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.”
Wikipedia article El Cerro Tome Site, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Valencia County · listed in 1996 · category: Site.
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 417 fires within 5 miles of El Cerro Tome Site between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,177 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 221 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ANIMAL |
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SKUNK FIRE |
| 27 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | AFS FIRE |
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | HACKSAW FIRE |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 20-60460253X |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GROOT FIRE |
| 16 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MANZANO S |
| 14 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RIOCOM |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of El Cerro Tome Site: 6 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tome' Well | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Crusher No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| El Cerro Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 56-10-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 57-133-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 72-8-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 73-1-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Nino's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Orona Pit & Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tome, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tome | $5,000 | Several roofs were damaged and sheds were ripped apart during a late afternoon storm moving across Tome. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Tome | - | Nickel to golf ball size hail reported near and just south of Los Lunas, NM. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Tome | - | Hail up to the size of quarters near Tome. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tome | - | Peak wind gust up to 62 mph downed small tree limbs in Tome. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Tome Jail | 1.8 miles | 1977 |
 | Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Depot | 3.3 miles | 1979 |
 | Miguel E. Baca House | 3.4 miles | 1978 |
 | Otero's 66 Service | 3.9 miles | 2003 |
| Tranquilino Luna House | 3.9 miles | 1975 | |
| Dr. William Frederick Wittwer House | 4.0 miles | 1987 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96000739 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Valencia County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
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