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Photograph of Big Creek Bridge
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Big Creek Bridge No. 01180

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

“The Big Creek Bridge is a bowstring arch bridge that spans Big Creek on U.S. It was designed by Conde McCullough and opened in 1931.”

Wikipedia article Big Creek Bridge (Oregon), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 123 National Register listings published here for Lane County · listed in 2005 · 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. OR Coast 9, US 101, MP175.02, Heceta Head, 97439
  • When was it listed? August 2005
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. McCullough, C.B., Major Oregon Coast Highway Bridges MPS
  • Census division. Florence
  • Architect. Conde Balcom McCullough
  • National Register reference number. 05000819 - 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Big Creek Bridge No. 01180 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Recreation and ceremony15
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWestern Lane District907 NOTH 101 AUTO FIRE
7 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWestern Lane District907 ROCKY KNOLL FIRE
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictROCK FIRE
26 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictCLIFFHANGER FIRE
25 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWestern Lane District0925 TENMILE BEACH
14 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictROOSEVELT BEACH FIRE
10 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictSANDY BEACH FIRE
26 August 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictDEVILS ELBOW

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Big Creek Bridge No. 01180: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Berry Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Berry Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lane County

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 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
Heceta Head Lighthouse and Keepers Quarters2.6 miles1978
Cape Creek Bridge No. 011132.8 miles2005
Ten Mile Creek Bridge No. 011813.5 miles2005

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05000819 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lane CountyAll 123 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.