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US 2-Iron River Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

From the record

“The US 2-Iron River Bridge, also known as the Genesee Street Bridge, is a bridge located on Genesee Street over the Iron River in Iron River, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.”

Wikipedia article US 2-Iron River Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 80 National Register listings published here for Iron County · listed in 1999 · 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.
  • Listed as. US 2--Iron River Bridge - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. US 2 over Iron River, Iron River, 49920
  • When was it listed? December 1999
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Highway Bridges of Michigan MPS
  • Township. Bates township
  • Architect. Michigan Department of Transportation
  • National Register reference number. 99001518 - 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

12 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of US 2-Iron River Bridge between 2004 and 2019, burning about 27 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
15 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 May 2019Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCRYSTAL FALLS FIRE AUTHORITY 0001930 - 2019
24 May 2012Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSTATE PARK
14 May 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTAMARACK
12 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCRYSTAL FALLS FIRE AUTHORITY 0001814 - 2018
22 April 2017Arson/incendiarism9.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBATES TWP
15 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 156 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 156 workings within 5 miles of US 2-Iron River Bridge: 144 prospects, 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. 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
Sherwood MineAluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1851, 1943
Iron County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oss PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bates Exploration C2IronProspect
Bates Exploration C3IronProspect
Bates Prospect C-25IronProspect
Bates Prospect C1IronProspect
Bates Prospect C10IronProspect
Bates Prospect C17IronProspect
Bates Prospect C19IronProspect

Every working recorded in Iron County

Storms near this property

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iron River, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 20 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2000HailIron River$4,100,000no account filed
May 1998LightningIron River$50,000A resort cabin burned down after it was struck by lightning.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindIron River$30,000Storms uprooted numerous birch trees and caused some roof damage to houses in the Homer area near Iron River.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindIron River$15,000Thunderstorm winds knocked over a large tree onto a house near Iron River on the evening of the 31st.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindIron River$5,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindIron River$2,000The Iron County Sheriff reported several trees down in the Iron River area.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindIron River$1,000Trees down on power line near Smoky Lake.
June 2021HailIron River-One inch diameter hail reported in Iron River via social media.
September 2015HailIron River-The Iron County Police reported dime sized hail in Iron River from 0900 to 0910 CDT.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindIron River-Several three-inch diameter branches blown down.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindIron River-Several trees down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindIron River-Several one-inch diameter branches down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindIron River-89 mph measured wind gust.
October 2005Heavy RainIron River-Two to three inches of rain caused minor street flooding.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindIron River-Wind gust to 59 mph. Four-inch diameter tree branches down on Highway M-189.
April 2004HailIron River-Quarter sized hail was reported.
April 2004HailIron River-Penny sized hail was reported.
April 2004HailIron River-Quarter sized hail was reported.
May 2002HailIron River-One inch hail was reported.
May 2002HailIron River-Nickel sized hail was reported.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindIron River-Large limbs and small trees were blown down.
July 2002HailIron River-One inch hail was reported.
July 2002HailIron River-Nickel sized hail was reported.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindIron River-Several trees were blown down on Irish Street.
August 2002HailIron River-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindIron River-Numerous trees were blown down.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindIron River-A 1 foot diameter tree was blown down.
August 2001HailIron River-Nickle sized hail.
September 2000HailIron River-Nickle sized hail reported.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindIron River-wind gusts to 60 mph...trees down
July 1999Thunderstorm WindIron River-24 inch diameter trees down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindIron River-Trees down across CR 643 - power lines down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindIron River-12 inch dia. pine tree down across CR 657.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindIron River-Several trees downed between Iron River and Crystal Falls.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindIron River-Trees down.
May 2007HailIron River-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Iron 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
Chicagon Mine Road-Chicagon Creek Bridge0.6 miles1999
Bewabic Park3.6 miles2016
John W. Hanson House6.2 miles1983
Spies Boardinghouse6.3 miles1983
Charles Stolberg House6.3 miles1983
Lafayette McQuown House6.4 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 99001518 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Iron CountyAll 80 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.