Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
“The Rairden Bridge is a Pennsylvania through truss near Manderson, Wyoming, which crosses the Big Horn River. The bridge was built in 1916 by the Monarch Engineering Company.”
Wikipedia article Rairden Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Big Horn County · listed in 1985 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Rairden Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 198 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Worland Field Office | STERLING |
| 23 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | 205 20 NORTH FIRE |
| 4 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 August 2018 | Natural | 10 acres | Worland Field Office | BIG HORN CANAL |
| 7 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 6 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Worland Field Office | LANE 31 AND A HALF |
| 29 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bighorn County | 2018-0019 |
| 23 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Worland Field Office | ALLIED |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manderson, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 3 hail, 3 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manderson | $75,000 | A gust front developed ahead of a line of thunderstorms moving northward through the Bighorn Basin. Very strong winds developed along a line from Manderson northward to Greybull. At the Greybull airport, a wind gust of 78 mph was recorded before the power failed. In Basin. 15 to 20 trees were downed or uprooted, some falling on houses and power lines. In addition, a roof was blown off of a building and a power pole was snapped. In Greybull, numerous trees were uprooted. One tree fell on a house, causing some structural damage. Another tree was uprooted at a motel. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Manderson | - | Ice jams flowing northward out of Washakie County caused flooding in portions of Big Horn County along the Big Horn River from Manderson to Basin and north to Greybull. The flooding was mainly restricted to low lying areas along the river and caused little to no property damage. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Manderson | - | Emergency Managers reported flooding along the Big Horn River near Manderson. The flooding remained over low lying areas and caused no damage. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Manderson | - | The Big Horn County sheriff reported hail from the size of nickels up to the size of Ping Pong balls. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Manderson | - | Heavy rain across eastern portions of the Big Horn Basin generated a rapid rise on local rivers. Both the Big Horn and Nowood rivers produced flooding of agricultural lands across southern Big Horn County. Hardest hit areas were in the vicinity of Lane 42 and Lane 50. At least one farmer reported flooding across 25 to 35 acres. The river gauge reached 10.78 feet at Basin, rising over two feet in 24 hours ending Friday morning, June 10. This reading topped the previous record of 10.49 feet back in 1991. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Manderson | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Manderson | - | no account filed |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85000414 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Big Horn County | All 16 listed properties in this county. |
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