BlockFrom the record
One of 11 National Register listings published here for Presidio County · listed in 1976 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Shafter Historic Mining District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The listing
- Address. 20 mi. N of Presidio on U.S. 67, Shafter, 79843
- When was it listed? May 1976
- Category. district
- Census division. Presidio
- National Register reference number. 76002058 - 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
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Shafter Historic Mining District in 1993, burning about 12,691 acres in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,691 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHAFTER FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Shafter Historic Mining District: 19 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Silver, Lead, Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinati Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1890, 1935 | |
| Chinati Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Cibolo Mine | Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Montezuma Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | 1901, 1916 | |
| Perry Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | 1932, 1947 | |
| Presidio Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Manganese | Past Producer | 1880, 1883, 1942 | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Manto | |
| Gleim Mine | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Last Chance Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Mac Daniel Or Leland Prospect | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Prospect |
Storms near this property
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shafter, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2016: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Hail | Shafter | $20,000 | A severe thunderstorm developed in Presidio County and produced golfball sized hail in Shafter. The hail resulted in five pickup truck windshields being destroyed and several homes with broken windows. The cost of the damage is a very rough estimate. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shafter | - | A 60 mph wind gust was estimated by a storm spotter in Shafter. No damage was reported with this gust. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shafter | - | The public reported that wind gusts estimated to be 60 MPH accompanied nickel size hail in Shafter. No reports of damage were received. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Shafter | - | A spotter reported golfball size hail in Shafter. No damage was reported. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shafter | - | For the second time in a week, severe thunderstorm winds impacted the Cibola Ranch north of Shafter. Employees at the ranch reported that large tree limbs were broken by 70 MPH winds on the evening of the 7th as an isolated severe thunderstorm moved south across parts of Presidio County. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shafter | - | Severe thunderstorm winds were estimated at speeds between 60 and 70 MPH from Shafter to the Cibola Creek Ranch off of U.S. Highway 67. The winds were accompanied by "blinding" dust. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Shafter | - | A local rancher reported that a farm road was washed out by flash flooding. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Shafter | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Shafter | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Fortin del Cibolo Historic District | 3.7 miles | 1995 | |
| La Morita Historic District | 3.9 miles | 1995 | |
 | Fortin de la Cienega | 5.7 miles | 1976 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76002058 in Record Group 79. |
| Presidio 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.