Slater Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

One of 114 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 1999 · category: Structure.

Sources: 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. East Branch of AuSable R. off St. Hubert's Rd., Keene Valley, 12943
When was it listed? November 1999
Category. structure
Also known as. AuSable River Valley Bridges MPS
Town. Keene town
National Register reference number. 99001325 - 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.

Then and now

1895 to 1999

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Slater Bridge, surveyed 1999

Topographic sheet covering Slater Bridge, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Slater Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Natural	4
Debris and open burning	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Arson/incendiarism	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.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	GIANT MOUNTAIN FIRE
4 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
24 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	BLUEBERRY MOUNTAIN
22 September 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	GIANT MT #3
2 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	92 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
18 September 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	GIANT WASHBOWL FIRE

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Slater Bridge: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Beede's Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Keene Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Keene Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Maps showing this location

9 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.

1895 USGS Mt. Marcy quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1902 USGS Mt. Marcy quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1953 USGS Mount Marcy quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1979 USGS Keene Valley quadrangle1:25000 - 2 printings
1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
1999 USGS Keene Valley quadrangle1:25000

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Ausable Club	0.5 miles	2025
Beer's Bridge	0.8 miles	1999
Putnam Camp	0.8 miles	2012
Ranney Bridge	1.6 miles	1999
Keene Valley Library	2.2 miles	2000
Keene Valley Country Club	2.3 miles	2020

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 99001325 in Record Group 79.
Essex County	All 114 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.