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Photograph of Lowell Bridge
Photograph by Martin Bravenboer, CC BY 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Lowell Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From the record

“Lowell Bridge is a covered bridge in Lowell, Oregon, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.”

Wikipedia article Lowell Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 123 National Register listings published here for Lane 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. E of Dexter, Lowell, 97452
  • When was it listed? November 1979
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Oregon Covered Bridges TR
  • Census division. Lowell
  • National Register reference number. 79002085 - 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Lowell Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning35
Equipment and vehicle use31
Recreation and ceremony18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Natural8
Other causes6
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFSTUMP JUMPER
7 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFSTUMP JUMPER #2
7 September 2003Naturalunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFEAGLES ROCK
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictANTHONY CREEK
5 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFEAGLES REST
5 September 1992Other causesunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFJACOBY MOUNTAIN
4 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLAUSE RD STAT
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFALL CREEK DAM

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Lowell Bridge: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Arsenic. 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
Fall Creek RanchClayOccurrenceKaolinite
Fall Creek RanchClayPast Producer
Snyder Ranch ArsenicArsenicOccurrenceRealgar
Snyder Ranch ArsenicArsenicOccurrence
Fall Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Fall Creek QurryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Little Fall CreekStonePast Producer
Little Fall Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
South Winberry PitStonePast Producer
South Winberry PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lane County

Storms near this property

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowell, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 debris flow. 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
April 2019Debris FlowLowell$100,000Oregon Department of Transportation had to close highway 58 due to at least 3 landslides between Lowell and Oakridge. There were other landslides reported around the area as well, along LaDuke Road, Big Fall Creek Road, Winberry Road, and Sweet Creek Road.

Every storm 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

4 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
Lowell Grange0.9 miles2005
Parvin Bridge2.2 miles1979
Unity Bridge2.5 miles1979
Pengra Bridge5.1 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79002085 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.
  • 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.