BlockFrom the record
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Rogers County · listed in 2006 · category: Structure · built in 1926.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Pryor Creek Bridge
Built in 1926. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Carries First St. over Pryor Creek, SW of jct with OK 66, Chelsea, 74016
- When was it listed? September 2006
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Route 66 and Associated Resources in Oklahoma AD MPS; Route 66 in Oklahoma MPS
- Census division. Chelsea
- When was it built? 1926
- National Register reference number. 06000796 - 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
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Pryor Creek Bridge between 2010 and 2017, burning about 766 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CATTLEE |
| 19 December 2010 | Natural | 610 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | CHELSEA |
| 6 January 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | BRIER PATCH |
| 2 January 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30011 |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pryor Creek Bridge: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chelsea, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 1997: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chelsea | $50,000 | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chelsea | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chelsea | $100 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Chelsea | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Chelsea | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Chelsea | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Chelsea | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Chelsea | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chelsea | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Chelsea | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Chelsea Motel | 0.6 miles | 2004 |
 | Hogue House | 1.2 miles | 1982 |
 | Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park | 7.2 miles | 1999 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06000796 in Record Group 79. |
| Rogers County | All 19 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.
- 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.