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Photograph of Buskirk Bridge
Photograph by Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Buskirk Covered Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

“Buskirk Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that connects Washington County, New York on the north end to Rensselaer County on the south end and like the connecting roads and the fire station just south of it, is named after the hamlet on Rensselaer side at the junction of New York State Route 67. The bridge, which crosses the Hoosic River is one of 29 historic covered bridges in New York State.”

Wikipedia article Buskirk Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1978 · 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. Spans Hoosic River N of NY 67, Buskirk, 12028
  • When was it listed? March 1978
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Covered Bridges of Washington County TR
  • National Register reference number. 78003457 - 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

115 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Buskirk Covered Bridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined58
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Maps showing this location

12 surveys

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.

Listed places nearby

4 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
Cambridge Historic District5.3 miles1978
Baker-Merrill House6.4 miles2006
Burton Hall7.0 miles2015
White Creek Historic District7.3 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78003457 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington CountyAll 52 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.