Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
“Baring Bridge is a one-lane wood and steel cable suspension bridge crossing the South Fork Skykomish River in Baring, Washington, United States. It carries Index Creek Road, which connects a rural area to U.S.”
Wikipedia article Baring Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 324 National Register listings published here for King County · listed in 2019 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Baring Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 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 ceremony | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | BARCLAY LAKE |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | BUCKET |
| 4 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | LAKE SERENE |
| 28 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | LOWE |
| 18 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | not named |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Region-Department of Natural Resources | SUNSET FALLS |
| 3 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 85 workings within 5 miles of Baring Bridge: 32 occurrences, 21 unknowns, 16 prospects, 15 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Limestone, General, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | Iron, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Galena, Magnetite, Sphalerite | |
| Anderson | Iron, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Atlantic Prospect | Silver, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Barclay Creek | Garnet | Occurrence | ||
| Baring Iron Deposit | Iron, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Buckeye | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite | |
| Ellis Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Mountain Prospect | Antimony, Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | 1900 | |
| Grand Central | Gold, Antimony | Occurrence | Pyrite, Stibnite | |
| Gunn Peak Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcopyrite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Maloney's General Store | 6.7 miles | 1997 |
| Skykomish Historic Commercial District | 6.8 miles | 2000 | |
 | Great Northern Depot | 6.8 miles | 1997 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004331 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| King County | All 324 listed properties in this county. |
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