Built in 1954. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
“Irish Bend Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge near Corvallis, Oregon, United States. It was constructed in 1954 and originally spanned a slough of the Willamette River on Irish Bend Road near Monroe.”
Wikipedia article Irish Bend Covered Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 56 National Register listings published here for Benton County · listed in 2013 · category: Structure · built in 1954.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Irish Bend Covered Bridge No. 14169 between 1992 and 2018, burning about 129 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 86 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CHIP ROSS FIRE |
| 28 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Philomath Unit | CHIP ROSS |
| 25 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Philomath Unit | OAK CREEK |
| 2 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Philomath Unit | OAK CREEK |
| 2 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Philomath Unit | CRESENT VALLEY DR |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | 7.5 acres | Philomath Unit | POWER SKUNK FIRE |
| 15 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Philomath Unit | NEWTON CREEK |
| 1 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Philomath Unit | OAK CREEK |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Irish Bend Covered Bridge No. 14169: 20 past producers, 8 producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ag-Lime Plant | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Transtion Metals Corp | Platinum, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Alder Creek | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Alder Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fisher Island Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Island Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Neuman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wicks Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Corvallis Brick & Tile | Clay | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corvallis, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Lightning | Corvallis | $11,000 | Abundant lightning resulted in around 1000 PGE customers without power in the Albany and Corvallis area. A public caller reported that a large tree struck from lightning fell onto a home. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Corvallis | - | The Willamette River near Corvallis crested at 32.8 feet around 9 AM on April 10th, which is 2.8 feet above flood stage. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corvallis | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Flood | Corvallis | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corvallis | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Corvallis | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | J. Leo Fairbanks House | 0.8 miles | 1985 |
 | College Hill West Historic District | 0.9 miles | 2002 |
 | John Bexell House | 0.9 miles | 1992 |
 | Pi Beta Phi Sorority House | 0.9 miles | 1982 |
 | Charles L. Schuster House | 1.0 miles | 1986 |
 | Oregon State University Historic District | 1.2 miles | 2021 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 13000117 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Benton County | All 56 listed properties in this county. |
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