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One of 73 National Register listings published here for Yakima County · listed in 1995 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Donald-Wapato Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Donald--Wapato Bridge - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Donald Rd. over the Yakima R., Wapato, 98951
- When was it listed? May 1995
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Bridges of Washington State MPS
- Census division. Toppenish-Wapato
- National Register reference number. 95000629 - 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
476 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 476 fires within 5 miles of Donald-Wapato Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,328 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 58 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 153 |
| Debris and open burning | 126 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | DONALD WAPATO SWIMMING HOLE |
| 8 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Yakama Agency | 942 WINAWAY |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 940 WINAWAY |
| 4 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 361 BUTLER RD. |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Yakama Agency | EAST BRANCH |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 170 HORSCHELL RD. |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | DONALD RD. |
| 28 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Yakama Agency | NORTH TRACK |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Donald-Wapato Bridge: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kern Pit C-49 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Parker Heights | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ashue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Calvert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dunn's Ranch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wapato, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports in 2009: 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2009 | Flood | Wapato | $1,570,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Wapato | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yakima Valley Filipino Community Hall | 1.7 miles | 2023 | |
 | W. P. Sawyer House And Orchard | 2.1 miles | 1977 |
| Mattoon Cabin | 2.2 miles | 1977 | |
 | O.J. Gendron Ranch | 6.5 miles | 2005 |
| O.J. Gendron Ranch | 6.6 miles | 2005 |
 | Alexander McAllister House | 7.0 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95000629 in Record Group 79. |
| Yakima County | All 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.
- 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.