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Photograph of Milo Academy Bridge
Photograph by JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Milo Academy Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From the record

“The Milo Academy Bridge is a covered bridge located in the town of Milo, in the southern region of Douglas County, Oregon. The original bridge at this location was a wooden covered bridge constructed in 1920, before being replaced by a steel truss bridge in 1962, spanning the South Umpqua River allowing access to Milo Adventist Academy.”

Wikipedia article Milo Academy Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 47 National Register listings published here for Douglas County · listed in 1979 · 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. SE of Days Creek, Days Creek, 97429
  • When was it listed? November 1979
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Oregon Covered Bridges TR
  • Census division. South Umpqua
  • National Register reference number. 79002055 - 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Milo Academy Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 31,456 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 3 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
Natural44
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1

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
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreRoseburg DistrictEAST STOUTS
4 September 2015Naturalunder an acreRoseburg DistrictCOFFEE CREEK
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUmpqua National Forestnot named
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationMILO #1
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreRoseburg DistrictCORN CRK
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictRANCHO VST
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreRoseburg DistrictSALT CREEK
14 September 2001Naturalunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationCALLAHAN

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Milo Academy Bridge: 11 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Manganese. 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
Circle S RanchManganeseProspect
Lucky Cuss ClaimsMercuryOccurrence1925
Lucky Cuss ClaimsMercuryUnknown
Sitting DuckManganeseOccurrenceRhodonite
Gold ProspectGoldOccurrence
Schieffelin No. 2GoldPast Producer
Scieffelin #2GoldOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectGoldUnknown
Brown Pit UsfsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brown Quarry UsfsStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this property

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Days Creek, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDays Creek-Heavy rain and one quarter inch hail was also reported with this storm, which lasted approximately ten minutes.

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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

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
Tiller Ranger Station4.6 miles1991

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79002055 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Douglas CountyAll 47 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.