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One of 140 National Register listings published here for Coconino County · listed in 1989 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
W. W. Midgley Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Midgley, W. W., Bridge - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Alt. US 89 over Wilson Canyon, milepost 375.7, Sedona, 86336
- When was it listed? March 1989
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Vehicular Bridges in Arizona MPS
- Census division. Flagstaff
- National Register reference number. 88001614 - 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
220 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of W. W. Midgley Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28,639 acres in total. 95 started naturally. 5 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 | 95 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 77 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 10-0002821 |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | THOMPSON |
| 28 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 14-0003012 |
| 26 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | COUGH |
| 26 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | WALKIN |
| 23 September 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | PICK |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of W. W. Midgley Bridge: 1 occurrence. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sedona, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 7 flash flood, 3 heavy rain, 3 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Sedona | - | Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused a 2.3 foot rise on Oak Creek in Sedona. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Sedona | - | The stream gauge on Oak Creek in Sedona rose above action stage at (7 feet) at 900 AM on March 21. It reached a peak of 16.35 feet at 600 AM on March 22 and then dropped below 7 feet around 1100 PM March 22. Flood stage is at 14.0 feet. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Sedona | - | Heavy rain caused Oak Creek to rise 1.5 feet at the gauge in Sedona (OAKA3). |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Sedona | - | Heavy rain and rushing water caused a rock fall on Highway 89A just north of Sedona. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Sedona | - | The river gauge on Oak Creek in Sedona (Tlaquepaque) showed a 3 foot rise starting around 215 PM MST and peaked around 230 PM MST. The thunderstorm was moving from north to south through Oak Creek Canyon and then out over the Sedona area. Smaller washes then started flowing and caused the closure of several roads (Back 'O Beyond, Sunset Drive, and Doodlebug Drive). |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Sedona | - | Heavy rain fell over Sedona and flooded a portion of Highway 179 blocking traffic. |
| September 2008 | Hail | Sedona | - | A thunderstorm produce hail close to the size of nickles from The Village of Oak Creek to Sedona. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Sedona | - | Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused flooding in the Sedona area. Mud, boulders, and high water blocked Highway 179 south side of Sedona. Some vehicles were stalled in the high water. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sedona | - | Two resorts just north of Sedona reported 3/4 inch to 1 inch diameter hail for about 5 minutes. |
| August 2005 | Heavy Rain | Sedona | - | A spotter in Sedona reported 1.46 inches of rain in 45 minutes. The power was knocked out. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedona | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down tree limbs in Sedona. Water was flowing over streets in downtown Sedona. |
| September 2003 | Hail | Sedona | - | Quarter sized (1 inch diameter) hail was reported in southeast Sedona. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedona | - | A tree was blown down in Sedona. |
| August 2000 | Wildfire | Sedona | - | A lightning casued fire burned 84 acers on Mt Wilson in the Red Rock Secret Mountain Wilderness 4 miles north of Sedona. About 90 firefighters hiked in 5 miles to fight the blaze. A helicoper and an air tanker were also used to help put out the fire. |
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Sedona | - | Doppler radar estimates of 2 plus inches of rain per hour caused flash flooding and mudslides in Oak Creek Canyon. A 4 foot tall slab of mud was left on Highway 89A in the Indian Gardens section of the canyon. Nearby, the Schnebly Hill underpass was flooded with water three feet deep and debris across the road. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Sedona | - | Highway 89a just north of Sedona was closed due to mudslides and 3 feet of water across the roadway.Highway 179 in Sedona was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2000 | Heavy Rain | Sedona | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Flood | Sedona | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Waterspout | Sedona | - | no account filed |
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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jordan Ranch | 1.2 miles | 2004 |
 | Hart Store | 1.9 miles | 2007 |
 | Sedona Ranger Station | 2.0 miles | 2008 |
 | Chapel of the Holy Cross | 4.1 miles | 2011 |
 | Pendley Homestead Historic District | 4.4 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001614 in Record Group 79. |
| Coconino County | All 140 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.