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Photograph of West Plum Bush Creek Bridge
Photograph by Ammodramus, CC0 1.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

West Plum Bush Creek Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

From the record

“The West Plum Bush Creek Bridge, near Last Chance, Colorado, is a historic concrete rigid frame bridge that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Like the similar Plum Bush Creek Bridge less than four miles away, it brings U.S.”

Wikipedia article West Plum Bush Creek Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2002 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. US 36 at milepost 134.59, Last Chance, 80757
  • When was it listed? October 2002
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Highway Bridges in Colorado MPS
  • Census division. Woodlin
  • National Register reference number. 02001136 - 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.

Fires near this property

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of West Plum Bush Creek Bridge between 2011 and 2018, burning about 45,025 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined7
Smoking1

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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
14 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
25 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined45,000 acresFort Collins Interagency Dispatch CenterLAST CHANCE
18 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
16 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLSAT CHANCE
7 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLSAT CHANCE
31 January 2017Smoking5.0 acresSouthwest Washington County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of West Plum Bush Creek Bridge: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

57 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Last Chance, the town this property stands in, in 57 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 36 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 3 flash 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
August 2013Flash FloodLast Chance$50,000Heavy rain producing thunderstorms caused extensive flooding of creeks and fields. Numerous dirt roads were damaged or washed out completely.
July 2024HailLast Chance-Delayed report from a spotter. Time of the hail was estimated.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLast Chance-Intense thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power poles.
August 2013Tornado (EF0)Last Chance-A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was reported.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Last Chance-A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
July 2000Tornado (F0)Last Chance-A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLast Chance-Strong thunderstorm winds to 58 mph (50 kts) blew over a large metal garage and a grain trailer.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Last Chance-A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
July 1999Tornado (F0)Last Chance-A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
August 2023HailLast Chance-no account filed
August 2023HailLast Chance-no account filed
August 2023HailLast Chance-no account filed
June 2022HailLast Chance-no account filed
June 2021HailLast Chance-no account filed
August 2018HailLast Chance-no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindLast Chance-no account filed
July 2018HailLast Chance-no account filed
June 2016HailLast Chance-no account filed
June 2016HailLast Chance-no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindLast Chance-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLast Chance-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLast Chance-no account filed
July 2009HailLast Chance-no account filed
April 2005HailLast Chance-no account filed
April 2005HailLast Chance-no account filed
April 2005HailLast Chance-no account filed
April 2005HailLast Chance-no account filed
April 2005HailLast Chance-no account filed
April 2005HailLast Chance-no account filed
May 2005HailLast Chance-no account filed
June 2005HailLast Chance-no account filed
June 2005HailLast Chance-no account filed
June 2005HailLast Chance-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindLast Chance-no account filed
June 2003HailLast Chance-no account filed
August 2003HailLast Chance-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindLast Chance-no account filed
August 2001HailLast Chance-no account filed
July 2000HailLast Chance-no account filed
July 2000HailLast Chance-no account filed
July 2000HailLast Chance-no account filed
July 2000HailLast Chance-no account filed
July 1998HailLast Chance-no account filed
May 1996Tornado (F0)Last Chance-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLast Chance-no account filed
June 1996Funnel CloudLast Chance-no account filed
July 1996Tornado (F0)Last Chance-no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodLast Chance-no account filed
May 1996HailLast Chance-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindLast Chance-no account filed
August 1996HailLast Chance-no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodLast Chance-no account filed
June 1994HailLast Chance-no account filed
June 1994HailLast Chance-no account filed
June 1994HailLast Chance-no account filed
June 1994HailLast Chance-no account filed
September 1993HailLast Chance-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

1 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
Plum Bush Creek Bridge3.5 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 02001136 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington CountyAll 4 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.