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Photograph of Hoffman Bridge
Photograph by Katr67, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Crabtree Creek-Hoffman Covered Bridge

Built in 1936. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

From the record

“The Hoffman Bridge is a covered bridge near Crabtree in Linn County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Crabtree Creek - Hoffman Covered Bridge in 1987.”

Wikipedia article Hoffman Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 73 National Register listings published here for Linn County · listed in 1987 · category: Structure · built in 1936.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Crabtree Creek--Hoffman Covered Bridge - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Hungry Hill Dr., 1.8 mi. N of Crabtree, Crabtree, 97374
  • When was it listed? February 1987
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Oregon Covered Bridges TR
  • Census division. Scio-Lacomb
  • When was it built? 1936
  • National Register reference number. 87000017 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Crabtree Creek-Hoffman Covered Bridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Other causes1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 2002Other causesunder an acreSweet Home Unit - ODFLARWOOD DRIVE
3 August 2009Smokingunder an acreWillamette National Forest099
18 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use9.5 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHAY GAP FIRE
8 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGAP FIRE
28 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSweet Home Unit - ODFRICHARDSON GAP#2

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Crabtree Creek-Hoffman Covered Bridge: 9 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Phillips SiteStonePast Producer
Phillips SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crabtree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crabtree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crabtree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crabtree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Linn 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

6 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
Henry and Mary Cyrus Barn2.1 miles2015
Thomas Creek-Gilkey Covered Bridge2.5 miles1987
Joseph Wesely House and Barn3.7 miles1986
Joseph and Barbara Maurer House3.8 miles1996
E.C. Perry Building4.1 miles1998
Z.C.B.J. Tolstoj Lodge No. 2244.3 miles1995

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 87000017 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Linn CountyAll 73 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.