U.S. 62 White River Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

From the record

One of 34 National Register listings published here for Carroll County · listed in 2008 · category: Structure.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. U.S. 62 approx. 1/4 mi. S. of Co. Rd. 212, Eureka Springs, 72631
When was it listed? January 2008
Category. structure
Also known as. Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
Township. Western township
National Register reference number. 07001421 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

28 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of U.S. 62 White River Bridge between 1995 and 2020, burning about 280 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Arson/incendiarism	6
Debris and open burning	5
Natural	2
Smoking	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
15 August 2012	Natural	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 July 2012	Smoking	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 June 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 April 2010	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 April 2007	Arson/incendiarism	11 acres	Mark Twain National Forest	DODGE HOLLOW ATV
5 April 2005	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 April 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of U.S. 62 White River Bridge: 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Kirk Mountain Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Battler Creek Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
H L Burtner Uranium Mine	Uranium	Prospect
Radium Cave	Uranium	Prospect
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this property

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eureka Springs, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 1995: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. The reports record 10 injuries. 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 1995	Hail	Eureka Springs	10 hurt	Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the evening of May 24th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Bloomer, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Eureka Springs. The hail injured approximately ten persons attending an outdoor passion play in Eureka Springs. Dime-size hail fell two miles southeast of Fort Smith, at Jenny Lind, and at Strickler.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Eureka Springs	$500	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Eureka Springs	-	Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the evening of April 19th. Thunderstorm winds estimated at 100 miles an hour destroyed 1 mobile home and 2 poultry barns 1.5 miles northwest of Gentry, and mobile homes were damaged and trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds 4 miles west of Gentry. Numerous trees were blown down in Gentry by 65 mile an hour winds, and several houses in Gentry received major roof damage. Strong thunderstorm winds blew a tree down onto a house in Pea Ridge, and blew down a power line 6 miles north of Eureka Springs. Dime size hail fell at several locations in northwest Arkansas, and 1 man was injured in Centerton when he was struck by lightning.
May 1995	Hail	Eureka Springs	-	Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the evening of May 24th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Bloomer, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Eureka Springs. The hail injured approximately ten persons attending an outdoor passion play in Eureka Springs. Dime-size hail fell two miles southeast of Fort Smith, at Jenny Lind, and at Strickler.
June 1994	Hail	Eureka Springs	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
June 1994	Hail	Eureka Springs	-	Some trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Eureka Springs	-	no account filed
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Eureka Springs	-	no account filed
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Eureka Springs	-	no account filed
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Eureka Springs	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carroll County

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

6 within 8 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Old U.S. 62, Busch Segment	0.2 miles	2008
Beaver Bridge	3.3 miles	1990
Beaver Bridge	3.4 miles	1990
Mulladay Hollow Bridge	3.4 miles	1990
Lake Leatherwood Park Historic District	3.7 miles	1998
Lake Leatherwood Recreational Facilities	3.7 miles	1992

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 07001421 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Carroll County	All 34 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.