Built in 1860. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.
From the record
“Oregon Creek Covered Bridge is a historic bridge that spans Oregon Creek just above its confluence with Middle Yuba River. It is located approximately 3 miles northeast of the community of North San Juan just off California State Route 49 within the Oregon Creek Day Use Area of the Tahoe National Forest.”
Wikipedia article Oregon Creek Covered Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Yuba County · listed in 1975 · category: Structure · built in 1860.
National Register reference number.75000499- 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
1888 to 2000
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18882000
Fires near this property
331 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 331 fires within 5 miles of Oregon Creek Covered Bridge
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,170 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined
111
Debris and open burning
85
Equipment and vehicle use
61
Arson/incendiarism
13
Misuse of fire by a minor
12
Natural
12
Smoking
12
Power generation/transmission/distribution
12
Recreation and ceremony
8
Other causes
5
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
9 September 2017
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
BYRON
8 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Central California District
SWEET
7 September 2019
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit
GOLD COUNTRY MHP NORTH_SA
7 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
12 acres
Central California District
PURDON
6 September 2019
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit
not named
6 September 2007
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
7.0 acres
Central California District
UNNAMED FIRE 2009
4 September 2004
Smoking
under an acre
Central California District
SHADY
30 September 2016
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
86 workings within 5 miles of Oregon Creek Covered Bridge: 33 past producers, 29 occurrences, 20 unknowns, 3 producers.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, Molybdenum, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
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.
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.
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