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Photograph of White River Bridge at Elkins
Photograph by Brandonrush, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

White River Bridge at Elkins

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

From the record

“The White River Bridge in Elkins, Arkansas is a historic structure carrying County Road 44 over the White River in eastern Washington County. The bridge is a patented closed-spandrel arch design called the Luten arch, owned by the Luten Bridge Company of Knoxville, Tennessee, which emphasized strengthened piers and abutments, resulting in a reduced need for material.”

Wikipedia article White River Bridge at Elkins, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 160 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2008 · category: Structure.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Co. Rd. 44., Elkins, 72727
  • When was it listed? January 2008
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
  • Township. Richland township
  • National Register reference number. 07001437 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of White River Bridge at Elkins between 1998 and 2015, burning about 173 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 June 2012Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2009Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 April 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of White River Bridge at Elkins: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

30 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elkins, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2018Thunderstorm WindElkins$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees, and damaged the roofs of homes and outbuildings.
July 2018HailElkins$25,000no account filed
August 2017HailElkins$20,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindElkins$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, damaged a roof, blew down a chimney, and damaged a barn.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindElkins$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree and damaged a barn.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindElkins$5,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindElkins$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew shingles off the roof of a home.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindElkins$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree and damaged shingles of a home.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindElkins$500Trees and tree limbs were blown down near Elkins.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindElkins$500Trees and tree limbs were blown down in Elkins.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindElkins-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindElkins-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree on Highway 16.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindElkins-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
May 2015Flash FloodElkins-Low water bridge on 1st St. was impassable due to water over roadway.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindElkins-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindElkins-A storm chaser reported several trees had been uprooted or snapped by strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindElkins-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindElkins-Thunderstorm wind estimated to 60 mph blew down large tree limbs along Highway 16 between Elkins and Durham.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindElkins-Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph were estimated by the public.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Elkins-A storm chaser observed a brief tornado touchdown over open country.
March 2008Flash FloodElkins-A road near Elkins was closed due to high water.
January 2024HailElkins-no account filed
March 2024HailElkins-no account filed
April 2023HailElkins-no account filed
July 2018HailElkins-no account filed
July 2018HailElkins-no account filed
July 2012HailElkins-no account filed
May 2008HailElkins-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindElkins-no account filed
June 1996HailElkins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Stokenbury Cemetery1.0 miles2010
Maguire-Williams House1.6 miles1995
Tom Smith House3.4 miles1992
Durham School3.8 miles1992
Adrian Fletcher House4.2 miles2013
Goff Farm Stone Bridge6.6 miles2010

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 07001437 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington CountyAll 160 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.