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Photograph of Fair Oaks Bridge
Photograph by LPS.1, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Fair Oaks Bridge, Old,

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

“The Fair Oaks Bridge is a truss bridge over the lower banks of the American River, connecting Fair Oaks to the greater Sacramento, California region. The current bridge, built 1907-1909 at a cost of $63,000, is the third bridge at this location.”

Wikipedia article Fair Oaks Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 106 National Register listings published here for Sacramento County · listed in 2006 · category: Structure.

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

The listing

Fires near this property

479 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 479 fires within 5 miles of Fair Oaks Bridge, Old, between 1993 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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/undetermined376
Equipment and vehicle use29
Arson/incendiarism27
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Smoking17
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Fair Oaks Bridge, Old,: 13 past producers, 11 producers, 6 occurrences, 1 unknown. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Platinum, Silver, Iridium, Osmium, Platinum. 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
FolsomGold, Iridium, Osmium, PlatinumPast Producer1848, 1860, 1962
FolsomGold, SilverUnknown
Folsom DistrictGold, Silver, PlatinumProducer1849
Mississippi Bar PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
American River AreaGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer
Natomas Co.Gold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer
Fair Oaks Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
Fair Oaks Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sacramento County

Storms near this property

6 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fair Oaks, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2020 and 2026: 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026FloodFair Oaks-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding from heavy rain.
November 2025FloodFair Oaks-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Fair Oaks Boulevard and Sunrise Boulevard.
January 2023FloodFair Oaks-Roadway flooding was reported between Sunrise Blvd. and Sunset Ave. near Fair Oaks by the California Highway Patrol.
January 2023FloodFair Oaks-The California Highway Patrol reported a flooded intersection at Sunrise Blvd. and Madison Ave.
October 2023FloodFair Oaks-The California Highway Patrol reported standing water in both northbound lanes of San Juan Ave.
April 2020FloodFair Oaks-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding between Sunrise Blvd and Wildridge Dr in Fair Oaks, CA.

Every storm recorded in Sacramento County

Maps showing this location

15 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
Slocum House0.3 miles1979
American River Grange Hall No. 1722.6 miles1996
Chung Wah Cemetery4.4 miles1995
Southern Pacific Railroad Section Superintendent House5.1 miles2008
Murer House and Gardens5.2 miles2022
Folsom Depot5.4 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06000913 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sacramento CountyAll 106 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.