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One of 46 National Register listings published here for Navajo County · listed in 1988 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Winslow Underpass
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. AZ 87 under Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RR, milepost 342.1, Winslow, 86047
- When was it listed? September 1988
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Vehicular Bridges in Arizona MPS
- Census division. Winslow-Holbrook
- National Register reference number. 88001610 - 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
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Winslow Underpass between 1993 and 2019, burning about 159 acres in total. 1 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winslow Fire Department | 18-0198 |
| 10 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 30 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TRANSCON |
| 27 June 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TUCKER |
| 13 June 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | WINSLOW 2 |
| 11 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 10 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | COCHRAN |
| 21 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | WINSLOW |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Winslow Underpass: 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Harco Ranch | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Cottonwood Wash Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winslow, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Lightning | Winslow | $50,000 | A thunderstorm in Winslow produced lightning that blew out a transformer and knocked out power. The storm also produced high winds, local street flooding, and small hail. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Winslow | - | ADOT reported State Route 87 closed due to flooding of an underpass at milepost 342 in Winslow. |
| October 2025 | Flood | West Winslow | - | Navajo Nation Police reported Route 71 closed in Bird Springs due to flooding of the Little Colorado River. |
| March 2023 | Flood | West Winslow | - | Rain and rain on snow caused the The Little Colorado River in Navajo County to reach flood stage in the evening of March 22. The river gauge at Holbrook showed a sharp rise around 800 PM. The river dropped back down at that location around 800 PM on March 24. The river gauge at Winslow showed a sharp rise around 1000 PM on March 23 and dropped back down around 1100 AM on March 24. The Bird Springs Chapter House (downstream of Winslow) poste a video that showed flooding over Navajo Route 71 (impassable) at 1000 AM on March 24. |
| August 2022 | Heavy Rain | Winslow | - | Heavy rain in Winslow caused some street flooding. Water covered the intersection of North Pope Ave and East Maple Street. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Winslow | - | One inch diameter hail was report 20 miles west of Winslow. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winslow | - | A thunderstorm produced nickle sized hail and high winds. The winds broke out windows at a residence in Bird Springs. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Winslow | - | Heavy rain from a thunderstorm flooded and closed the Williamson Avenue underpass. |
| October 2015 | Hail | West Winslow | - | Law enforcement reported 1 and 1/2 inch diameter hail. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winslow | - | Winslow Police confirmed that a brick wall collapsed from strong thunderstorm winds. The Winslow ASOS reported a peak wind gust of 53 MPH at 339 PM MST. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | West Winslow | - | Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused water to flow over street curbs and into some yards in Winslow. |
| July 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Winslow | - | A Skywarn Weather spotter relayed reports that several people saw a tornado touch down at the Winslow City Park. No damage was reported. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winslow | - | The Winslow ASOS reported a 50 knot wind gust with a thunderstorm. Police in Winslow reported strong winds from 120 PM MST through at least 138 PM MST. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Winslow | - | Quarter sized (1 inch diameter) hail fell at the Winslow Police Department dispatch office. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Winslow | - | A weak tornado formed along a convergence zone about one mile west of Winslow. The tornado was nearly stationary and remained in rural areas for about 30 minutes. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Winslow | - | Nickel (0.88 inch diameter) sized hail fell in Winslow for five minutes. Heavy rain and wind gusts to 53 MPH were reported at the Winslow airport with this thunderstorm. Traffic on I-40 slowed to a crawl because of the storm. |
| September 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Winslow | - | An Arizona Department of Public Safety officer reported a funnel cloud in Winslow. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winslow | - | no account filed |
Newspapers printed here
8,855 digitised pages2 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 1,474 issues, 8,855 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Winslow Mail | 1893 to 1926 |
| Winslow Daily Mail | 1926 to 1932 |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow Bridge | 1.0 miles | 1989 | |
 | Brigham City | 2.2 miles | 1978 |
 | La Posada Historic District | 2.3 miles | 1992 |
 | Winslow Residential Historic District | 2.3 miles | 1989 |
| Winslow Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 2.4 miles | 2002 | |
 | Winslow Commercial Historic District | 2.4 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001610 in Record Group 79. |
| Navajo County | All 46 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.