Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
“Camp Ripley Bridge, also known as Bridge 4969, is the only remaining unified road-rail bridge over the Mississippi River. It carries both a railroad spur line and Minnesota State Highway 115 at Camp Ripley in Morrison County.”
Wikipedia article Camp Ripley Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Morrison County · listed in 2015 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Bridge No. 4969 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 719 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bridge No. 4969: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schling Pit West | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Our Lady of the Angels Academy | 2.7 miles | 2005 |
 | Pine Tree Lumber Company Office Building | 6.3 miles | 1985 |
 | Church of Our Savio-Episcopal | 6.8 miles | 1980 |
 | Little Falls Carnegie Library | 6.8 miles | 1980 |
 | Northern Pacific Railway Depot | 6.9 miles | 1985 |
 | Little Falls Commercial Historic District | 6.9 miles | 1994 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14001175 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Morrison County | All 15 listed properties in this county. |
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