BlockFrom the record
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
Woodruff 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. 4 mi. S of Woodruff on Woodruff-Snowflake Rd., Woodruff, 86025
- When was it listed? September 1988
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Vehicular Bridges in Arizona MPS
- Census division. Snowflake
- National Register reference number. 88001630 - 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
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Woodruff Bridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 4 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 | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | NEW F GRDS |
| 8 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | not named |
| 19 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | HUNT VALLEY |
| 24 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Joseph City Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 15 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | BIG MTN. |
| 6 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | HOLLOW |
| 30 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BORROW |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Woodruff Bridge: 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Uranium Prospect | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Woodruff | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Gypsum | |
| Woodruff Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect |
Storms near this property
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodruff, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Woodruff | - | A USGS stream gauge on the Little Colorado River near Woodruff reported a 6.3 foot rise in one hour from near nearby thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodruff | - | The ADOT site located on SR-77 at 14 mile hill (AZT12) measured a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 2023 | Flood | Woodruff | - | A USGS stream gage on the Little Colorado River at Woodruff showed a rise of 6.9 feet starting at 120 PM on August 9. The flow returned to a normal level around 1000 PM on August 10. The flood started at Hoolbrook at 600 PM August and rose around 4.5 feet by 200 AM on August 10. This flood reached the Colorado River at 500 PM on August 10 and the river level rose 1.7 feet. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Woodruff | - | Widespread standing water was seen next to State Route 77. The highway was not flooded. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Woodruff | - | The Little Colorado River rose over 8 feet from 300 to 500 PM MST (Woodruff guage WDRA3). |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Woodruff | - | Heavy rain caused flooding over State Route 77 and Feedmill Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodruff | - | The Arizona Department of Transportation wind sensor on State Route 77 (mile 14) reported a peak wind gust of 59 MPH. |
| September 2014 | Flood | Woodruff | - | The Little Colorado River was running very high. The river rose to about 7 feet below the top railing of the bridge. |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Woodruff | - | Heavy rain in and around Woodruff caused area washed to run high. The main road through Woodruff was closed due to running water. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Woodruff | - | Flash flooding washed out County road 9332. A 36 inch culvert was washed downstream and a 4 to 5 foot deep gully was scoured in the roadbed. |
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 88001630 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.