Guerneville Bridge

Built in 1922. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1920.

From the record

One of 73 National Register listings published here for Sonoma County · listed in 1989 · category: Structure · built in 1922.

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. Rt. 116 over Russian River, Guerneville, 95446
When was it listed? August 1989
Category. structure
Census division. Russian River-Sonoma Coast
When was it built? 1922
National Register reference number. 89000945 - 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

1920 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Guerneville Bridge, surveyed 1997

Topographic sheet covering Guerneville Bridge, surveyed 1920

Fires near this property

400 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 400 fires within 5 miles of Guerneville Bridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 196 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 29 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	184
Equipment and vehicle use	59
Debris and open burning	48
Arson/incendiarism	29
Recreation and ceremony	27
Misuse of fire by a minor	20
Power generation/transmission/distribution	15
Smoking	12
Natural	5
Other causes	1

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 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit	SUNSET
8 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	VISTA
8 September 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit	ONE SIXTEEN
8 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit	NEIDEAU
8 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit	ARMSTRONG
8 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit	RIO NIDO#1
7 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	MARTINELLI RD / RIVER RD
7 September 2007	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit	RIVERSIDE DR GUERNEVIL 4

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Guerneville Bridge: 11 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Altamont Copper Group	Mercury, Copper	Occurrence
Altamont	Copper	Occurrence
Altamont	Copper, Mercury	Unknown
Austin Creek Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Chenoweth Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Giovaninni Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Bohan & Canelis	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Burl Howell Quarry	Stone	Unknown
Clar Quarry	Stone	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this property

11 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guerneville, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 7 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
November 2024	Flood	Guerneville	1 killed	A 911 caller reported to Sonoma County dispatch that they had seen a car go into floodwaters near Mays Canyon Road and Highway 116. Rescue crews arrived and found the vehicle, and the driver was found dead.
January 2002	Heavy Rain	Guerneville	$200,000	no account filed
January 2024	Flood	Guerneville	$10	Localized flooding was reported in northern Guerneville.
January 2024	Flood	Guerneville	$10	Heavy rain caused flooding from Fife Creek at Sycamore Court Mobile Home Park. Three inches of water flooded a trailer in less than 20 minutes. Report Courtesy KGO television/ABC 7 San Francisco.
February 2019	Flood	Guerneville	-	Vehicle stuck in water in front of the Guerneville Lodge near the Russian River.
February 2019	Flood	Guerneville	-	The Russian River at Guerneville hit flood stage (32ft) at approximately 1600 hrs on February 26th, 2019. The gauge crested at 45.38 feet at 22:30 pm February 27th, 2019. Local law enforcement indicated the town of Guerneville became an island and was only accessible by boat or helicopter. The media reported approximately 4,000 structures were impacted by flood waters. The gauge did not fall below flood stage until after 1:30 pm on March 1st.
February 2019	Flood	Guerneville	-	CHP put up road closed signs Mill Ct and Mill St.
January 2018	Debris Flow	Guerneville	-	One inch deep slide blocking roadway at SR116 and Riverside Drive.
January 2017	Flash Flood	Guerneville	-	Flooding east of 5th street. Fife Creek overflowing.
February 2017	Flood	Guerneville	-	Armstrong Woods Rd/Morningside Dr.
December 2003	Hail	Guerneville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sonoma 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.

1920 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:62500
1933 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:48000
1940 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1955 USGS Guerneville quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1955 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
1993 USGS Guerneville quadrangle1:24000
1997 USGS Guerneville quadrangle1:24000

Listed places nearby

4 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Belden-Birkhofer House	0.4 miles	2024
Pond Farm Pottery	3.4 miles
Pond Farm Pottery	3.5 miles
Walters Ranch	7.3 miles	1977

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 89000945 in Record Group 79.
Sonoma County	All 73 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.