Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.
From the record
“Route 29 Stone Arch Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge located near Middleville in Herkimer County, New York. It was constructed in 1870 and spans the south branch of Maltanner Creek, which empties into West Canada Creek.”
Wikipedia article Route 29 Stone Arch Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 74 National Register listings published here for Herkimer County · listed in 2001 · category: Structure.
National Register reference number.00001685- 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
50 since 1999
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Route 29 Stone Arch Bridge
between 1999 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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
24
Arson/incendiarism
10
Natural
6
Other causes
3
Smoking
2
Debris and open burning
2
Recreation and ceremony
2
Equipment and vehicle use
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
2 workings within 5 miles of Route 29 Stone Arch Bridge: 2 past producers.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Middleville, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 3 flood, 2 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.
Roads and a bridge were washed out in the Town of Fairfield, prompting swiftwater rescues. The bridge on Farrington Road was washed out, stranding the residents of four homes.
The West Canada Creek reached a record high stage of 10.92 feet at Kast Bridge at 2315EST 31 October. It fell below major flood stage at 0400EST 1 November, then had a secondary crest, rising above major flood stage again at 1231EST 1 November. It remained above major flood stage until 1615EST 2 November, and fell below moderate flood stage by 0155EST 3 November. There was widespread flooding along the West Canada Creek between Middleville and Herkimer, resulting in the closure of Route 28. There was widespread flooding in the village of Middleville. Water entered structures with cars partially submerged. There were 27 evacuations as a result of the flooding. The West Canada Creek was nearing the road surface of the Route 28 bridge.
Flash flooding resulted from very heavy rainfall in Middleville. Flooding was reported at the intersection of State Routes 169 and 29 at the intersection of Route 28 in Middleville. Some of this flooding was attributed to nearby Bridenbecker Creek flowing out of its banks.||In addition, three homes on South Main Street, and two on Bridge Street experienced basement flooding.
Trees were reported to be sheared off and blown into a field in Middleville as a result of thunderstorm winds. In addition, trees and wires were reported down on Route 28 as well.
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.
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.
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.
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