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Calaveritas Creek Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.

From the record

One of 16 National Register listings published here for Calaveras County · listed in 2015 · category: Structure.

Sources: 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. Calaveritas Rd. at Calaveritas Cr., Calaveritas, 95249
  • When was it listed? November 2015
  • Category. structure
  • Census division. San Andreas
  • National Register reference number. 15000767 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Calaveritas Creek Bridge, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering Calaveritas Creek Bridge, surveyed 1889

Fires near this property

256 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Calaveritas Creek Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,030 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 23 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
Equipment and vehicle use88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined74
Debris and open burning45
Arson/incendiarism23
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
Other causes1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMHP OAK SHADOWS MHP CALAV
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictHWY 49 9
7 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor63 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFRECCERO
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMILLS
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitQUAIL OAKS
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCEMENT
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCALAVERITAS
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSANCTUARY/2-1

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 379 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 379 workings within 5 miles of Calaveritas Creek Bridge: 146 occurrences, 106 past producers, 97 unknowns, 28 producers. 28 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
AlpineGold, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
AltavilleGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Calaveras Shale QuarryCalciumProducer
CarterTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
FordGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerSurface/Underground
FordGold, Silver, Lead, CopperUnknown
Mar John Mines Co.Gold, Cobalt, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Maxwell ClaimChromiumUnknown
NunerAsbestosOccurrence
San Andreas Cement PlantLimestone, General, ClayProducer

Every working recorded in Calaveras County

Storms near this property

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calaveritas, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 1 heavy rain, 1 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
January 2023FloodCalaveritas-CHP reported roadway flooding at Mountain Ranch Road and De Moss Lane.
January 2001Heavy RainCalaveritas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Calaveras County

Maps showing this location

13 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
Thorn House4.6 miles1972
Calaveras County Courthouse4.7 miles1972
John J. Synder House5.0 miles1984
Altaville Grammar School5.7 miles1979
Utica Mansion6.9 miles1984
Angels Hotel7.0 miles1972

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 15000767 in Record Group 79.
Calaveras CountyAll 16 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.