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Photograph of Palmer Brook Bridge
Photograph by Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Palmer Brook Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Palmer Brook Bridge is a historic stone faced, concrete arch bridge over the Ausable River at AuSable Forks in Clinton County, New York. It was built in 1938 with assistance from the Works Progress Administration.”

Wikipedia article Palmer Brook Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 53 National Register listings published here for Clinton 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.
  • Address. Golf Course Rd. over Palmer Brook, AuSable Forks, 12912
  • When was it listed? November 1999
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. AuSable River Valley Bridges MPS
  • Town. Black Brook town
  • National Register reference number. 99001318 - 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

138 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Palmer Brook Bridge between 2002 and 2020, burning about 147 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined63
Arson/incendiarism34
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning9
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.9 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Palmer Brook Bridge: 22 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Graphite. 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
Pyradey Estate DepositsTitanium, IronOccurrence
Gulf ProspectGraphiteOccurrenceContact Metamorphic
Gulf ProspectGraphiteProspect
Ausable Forks QuarryGranitePast ProducerGranite
George W. Smith Ore Bed DepositIron, GranitePast Producer
Passaic Crushed Stone QuarryGraniteProducer
Charles Clements QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Emerald QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSurface
Keystone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stickney Bridge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Maps showing this location

8 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

1 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
Miller Homestead7.9 miles1999

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 99001318 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clinton CountyAll 53 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.