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Photograph of Sand Hollow Wash Bridge
Photograph by Kimberly Cazier, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Sand Hollow Wash Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

“The Sand Hollow Wash Bridge near Littlefield, Arizona, United States, is a historic Warren deck truss bridge built in 1929. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.”

Wikipedia article Sand Hollow Wash Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 64 National Register listings published here for Mohave County · listed in 1988 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Old US 91 over Sand Hollow Wash, Littlefield, 86432
  • When was it listed? September 1988
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Vehicular Bridges in Arizona MPS
  • Census division. North Mohave
  • National Register reference number. 88001657 - 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

97 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Sand Hollow Wash Bridge between 1996 and 2020, burning about 293 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning10
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaver Dam / Littlefield Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresArizona Strip Field OfficeMM6 I15
6 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Strip Field OfficeMM6
5 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Strip Field OfficeMCBRIDE
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCCFD 12
25 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArizona Strip Field OfficeMM5
24 September 2005Debris and open burning9.0 acresArizona Strip Field OfficeRACCOON
12 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Strip Field OfficeALGER

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sand Hollow Wash Bridge: 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Nickel, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Envirochem MillCopper, Nickel, SilverPlant
Aggandize Mining Company MillGold, SilverUnknown
White Park R.D. MillGold, SilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Mohave County

Storms near this property

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Littlefield, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Flash FloodLittlefield$100,000Flash flooding washed out several back country roads in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLittlefield$50,000Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees, some of which blocked roads and some of which fell on power lines. Trampolines were also blown into roads.
August 2024Flash FloodLittlefield$20,000Very heavy rain in the mountains above Littlefield flowed down into the community, leaving the Farm/Fleet Rd underpass under I-15 flooded with approximately 10 feet of water. Other roads in the area were also flooded, including the northbound lanes of I-15 near mile marker 9.
September 2014Flash FloodLittlefield$10,000Major flash flooding impacted the Virgin River Gorge. Interstate 15 was closed for several hours due to water and debris over the highway. Many waterfalls flowed off the higher terrain.
July 2022Flash FloodLittlefield$1,000I-15 southbound was flooded near Littlefield.
August 2022Tornado (EFU)Littlefield-Several photos from different angles showed a tornado over the open desert. The location is estimated.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindLittlefield-Two stations recorded gusts to 61 mph at the same time.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLittlefield-This gust occurred at the Olaf Knolls RAWS site.
September 1995HailLittlefield-Heavy rain accompanied golf ball and pea-sized hail which lead to flooding of an underpass along Interstate 15 and also an unpaved road.
April 1994Tornado (F0)Littlefield-An observer reported the weak tornado skipping along the ground for about 10 minutes. The tornado moved through open territory with no damage reported.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindLittlefield-Winds gusted to 70 mph during a severe thunderstorm.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLittlefield-no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindLittlefield-no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLittlefield-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLittlefield-no account filed
October 2021Thunderstorm WindLittlefield-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindLittlefield-no account filed
September 2017Thunderstorm WindLittlefield-no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindLittlefield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mohave County

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 recordThe nomination case file for reference 88001657 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Mohave CountyAll 64 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.