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One of 11 National Register listings published here for Cibola County · listed in 1997 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Route 66, State Maintained from McCartys to Grants
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The listing
- Address. Rte 66, from E of McCartys to E of Grants, Grants, 87020
- When was it listed? November 1997
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Route 66 through New Mexico MPS
- Census division. Grants
- National Register reference number. 97001398 - 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
55 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Route 66, State Maintained from McCartys to Grants between 1995 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 32 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | CORNFIELD |
| 14 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | TRANSFER |
| 7 August 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Albuquerque District Office | RAILROAD |
| 5 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | SANTA MARIA |
| 4 July 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | DEEP ROCK |
| 22 July 2000 | Fireworks | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | ACOMA |
| 13 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Laguna Agency | ANZAC |
| 26 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | MCCARTYS |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Route 66, State Maintained from McCartys to Grants: 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basalt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Horace and Quemazon Deposit | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Name Unknown Bentonite Prospect | Bentonite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Materials Pit 57-42-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit M-19581 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rinconado Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grants, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Grants | $250,000 | Three bridges were damaged from flood waters northeast of Grants. A dozen jersey barriers were washed 100 yards downstream at low water crossings along Lobo Canyon. The most significant damage occurred to the George Hannish Bridge. Bridges along county roads 19A and 19D were also impacted. |
| September 1997 | Heavy Rain | Grants | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Grants | $50,000 | The Cibola County Emergency manager reported multiple vehicle rescues from flood waters. The Rio San Jose was out of its banks between Sargent and Davis Streets with several streets flooded in town. Swift moving water several inches deep was observed over First Street and Roosevelt Avenue. Damage is an estimate. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Grants | - | Significant hail covering Interstate 40 resulted in motor vehicle crashes between mile markers 76 and 77. Hail size has been estimated. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grants | - | A wind gust up to 68 mph reported at Lookout Ranch. |
| July 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Grants | - | Photos of a small funnel cloud over the Grants area were received from the public. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Grants | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Grants | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Grants | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Grants | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grants | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Grants | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Theresa Community Center | 6.7 miles | 2022 | |
 | Charley's Automotive Service | 7.9 miles | 2017 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97001398 in Record Group 79. |
| Cibola County | All 11 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.