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One of 43 National Register listings published here for Gila County · listed in 1988 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Salt River Canyon Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. US 60 over Salt River, milepost 292.9, Carrizo, 85550
- When was it listed? September 1988
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Vehicular Bridges in Arizona MPS
- Census division. San Carlos
- National Register reference number. 88001608 - 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
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Salt River Canyon Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,709 acres in total. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2019 | Natural | 19 acres | Fort Apache Agency | RIVER |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | SALT CYN |
| 16 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Carlos Agency | TANKS |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 8 August 2009 | Natural | 13 acres | San Carlos Agency | SAW |
| 5 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | FLYING-V |
| 20 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | not named |
| 9 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | SALT RIVER |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 65 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Salt River Canyon Bridge: 35 past producers, 16 occurrences, 13 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Asbestos, Iron, Uranium, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Extension | Asbestos, Semiprecious Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Emsco Mine | Asbestos, Wollastonite | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Flying V Canyon | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Flying V Canyon | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel | |
| Hillside Deposit | Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Mule Shoe Bend Erythrite Occurance | Cobalt | Occurrence | ||
| Roadside Mine | Asbestos, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Salt Banks-Orange Spring | Halite, Bromine | Occurrence | Brine | |
| Seneca Prospect | Asbestos, Tungsten, Iron | Past Producer | Chrysotile, Magnetite, Wollastonite |
Storms near this property
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrizo, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 9 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Carrizo | - | The river guage on Carrizo Crreek showed a rapid 2 foot rise starting at 6 PM on August 22 and peaked at 1100 PM. The flow decreased and leveled out around 400 AM on Agust 23. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Carrizo | - | Carrizo Creek near Carrizo (CRZA3) rose from 1 to 3.7 feet in less than an hour. The water dropped back below 2 feet about 3 hours later. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Carrizo | - | A stream gauge on Carrizo Creek reported a 2.4 foot rise in water. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Carrizo | - | The river gauge on Cibecue Creek showed a 2.15 foot rise from 1:15AM MST to 1:30AM MST. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Carrizo | - | Heavy rain over the Cedar Fire scar caused a flash flood in Cedar Creek. The water reached 5 feet deep. Rainfall over the the town of Cedar creek also washed out private driveways. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Carrizo | - | Several driveways were washed out in town because the water flow from the heavy rain was more than the culverts in the ditch could handle. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Carrizo | - | Heavy rain over the Cedar Fire scar produced flash flooding in Carrizo Creek. The river gauge at Carrizo peak rose to 10 feet (215 PM MST). The creek was back down to 5 feet by 330 PM MST. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Carrizo | - | Radar estimated 1.50 to 2.50 inches of rain over the central part of the Cedar Fire scar starting around 530 PM MST. A 4 to 5 foot flood crest reached the Highway 73 bridge at the town of Cedar Creek at 720 PM MST. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Carrizo | - | USGS river gauge measured a 5 foot rise in Carrizo Creek near Carrizo between 500 PM and 600 PM MST. The maximum flow reached 2470 CFS in a creek that usually runs less than 100 CFS. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Carrizo | - | Heavy rain caused a rock slide that close Highway 60 at mile marker 321. Flash flooding was observed on State Route 73. Huston Creek overflowed in Star Valley and flooded about 20 homes and/or trailers. |
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001608 in Record Group 79. |
| Gila County | All 43 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.