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Photograph of Carneros Creek Bridge on Old Sonoma Road
Photograph by Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Carneros Creek Bridge on Old Sonoma Road

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

One of 88 National Register listings published here for Napa County · listed in 2005 · category: Structure.

Sources: 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 Sonoma Rd., 0.2 mi. NE of CA 12/121, Napa, 94559
  • When was it listed? August 2005
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Highway Bridges of California MPS
  • Census division. Napa
  • National Register reference number. 05000779 - 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.

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Carneros Creek Bridge on Old Sonoma Road, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet covering Carneros Creek Bridge on Old Sonoma Road, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

378 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 378 fires within 5 miles of Carneros Creek Bridge on Old Sonoma Road between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,440 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined200
Equipment and vehicle use95
Arson/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning22
Smoking17
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1

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
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTHOMPSON AV NAPA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTHOMPSON AV NAPA 2
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitISLAND
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKELLY

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Carneros Creek Bridge on Old Sonoma Road: 8 producers, 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Salt. 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
East Mayacmas District ReportMercury, Chromium, Manganese, CopperProducer1850, 1864
Juarez QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Napa EvaporatorsSaltProducer
Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrence
Pumice DepositPumiceProspect
Basalt Rock Company, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Juarez QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Napa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Napa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sartori RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Napa County

Storms near this property

7 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Napa, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2019: 4 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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
October 2009FloodNapa$10,000The westbound lane of Imola Avenue at Lernhart Street near South Jefferson Street was closed due to flooding. Heavy rain along with overwhelmed storm drains caused the flooding. Also, minor rock and mud slides occurred across Butts Canyon Road just before the Lake County line.
February 2019FloodWest Napa-SR 12 at SR 121 northbound lanes flooded.
November 2018FloodWest Napa-Golden Gate Dr in Napa area.
March 2017LightningNapa-A tree was struck by lightning at Park Ave and Sonoma Street leaving thousands without power. Reported by the Napa Valley Register.
December 2014FloodWest Napa-Water flooding all lanes of Route 29 near Napa.
September 2014HailNapa-Hail of 1/2 inch diameter fell in downtown Napa and across the southern part of Napa County. Hail accumulated to a depth of 3 to 6 inches in some places and produced leaf damage to trees and plants in the city.
January 2004Flash FloodNapa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Napa County

Maps showing this location

10 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Napa County Infirmary3.2 miles2018
Eliza G. Yount House3.6 miles1992
Hackett House3.7 miles1984
Williams Smith House3.7 miles1995
William Andrews House3.7 miles1992
Buford House3.8 miles1977

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05000779 in Record Group 79.
Napa CountyAll 88 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.