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Photograph of Delhi Bridge
Photograph by Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Delhi Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

From the record

“The Delhi Bridge, also known as the East Delhi Bridge, is a one-lane, wrought iron Pratt through truss bridge that carries East Delhi Road over the Huron River in Scio Township, Michigan. The bridge was completed on October 12, 1883 to replace a wooden span built in 1851.”

Wikipedia article Delhi Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 87 National Register listings published here for Washtenaw County · listed in 2008 · 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. E. Delhi Rd. over Huron River, Scio, 48103
  • When was it listed? September 2008
  • Category. structure
  • Township. Scio township
  • National Register reference number. 08000844 - 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

22 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Delhi Bridge between 2018 and 2020, burning about 31 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
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCIO TOWNSHIP FD 0821457 - 2018
28 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCIO TOWNSHIP FD 0823523 - 2018
6 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCIO TOWNSHIP FD 0818487 - 2018
5 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANN ARBOR FD 0818413 - 2018
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000629 - 2018
30 July 2018Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000445 - 2018
24 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000695 - 2018
22 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000688 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Delhi Bridge: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Emery. 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
Ervin Indus Inc--Ann Arbor, Mich.EmeryProducer
Dunston Pit No 8Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Killins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pleasant Hills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Washtenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Washtenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this property

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scio, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
March 2025Thunderstorm WindScio$500Power lines down and a utility pole leaning.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindScio-A large tree fell onto a house, trapping an individual inside.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindScio-Trees reported blown down.
June 2013Flash FloodScio-Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flooding up to 4 feet deep, with several high water rescues needed from emergency personnel as cars stalled in the high water.|Spotter reports indicate 2 to 4 inches of rain fell within a 2 to 3 hour window.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindScio-A 12 inch diameter tree was reported blown down.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindScio-A 8 inch diameter tree was reported down.
July 2017HailScio-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindScio-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washtenaw 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

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
St. Patrick's Parish Complex3.5 miles1982
James Litchfield House3.7 miles1984
Kellogg-Warden House4.6 miles1994
Gordon Hall4.6 miles1972
Thomas Earl House4.6 miles1992
Michigan Central Railroad Depot4.7 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 08000844 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washtenaw CountyAll 87 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.