Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
“The Osage Creek Bridge is a historic bridge in southern Benton County, Arkansas. The bridge formerly carried County Road 71 across Osage Creek, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of Tontitown, but it has been closed.”
Wikipedia article Osage Creek Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 162 National Register listings published here for Benton County · listed in 1988 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Osage Creek Bridge between 1999 and 2019, burning about 1,162 acres in total. None 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 | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 875 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BUTLER CREEK |
| 12 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2012 | Smoking | 23 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Shores Warehouse | 1.9 miles | 1988 |
 | Rife Farmstead | 2.1 miles | 1988 |
 | Piercy Farmstead | 2.4 miles | 1988 |
 | Council Grove Methodist Church | 2.9 miles | 1988 |
 | Alden House | 3.6 miles | 1988 |
 | Osage Mills Dam | 3.8 miles | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002418 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Benton County | All 162 listed properties in this county. |
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