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Photograph of Clarkson-Legg Covered Bridge
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Clarkson Bridge

Built in 1904. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

“The Clarkson-Legg Covered Bridge, more simply known as Clarkson Covered Bridge, is a county-owned wooden covered bridge that spans Crooked Creek in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. It is located at Clarkson Covered Bridge Park on County Road 1043 off U.S.”

Wikipedia article Clarkson-Legg Covered Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Cullman County · listed in 1974 · category: Structure · built in 1904.

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. W of Cullman, Cullman, 35057
  • When was it listed? June 1974
  • Category. structure
  • Census division. Jones Chapel
  • When was it built? 1904
  • National Register reference number. 74000408 - 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

117 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Clarkson Bridge between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,086 acres in total. None started naturally. 53 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
Arson/incendiarism53
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism33 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2008Arson/incendiarism17 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1925 COUNTY ROAD 998, AL
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140929-002
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-6
24 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-16

Every fire recorded in Cullman County

Storms near this property

60 of 132 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cullman, the town this property stands in, in 132 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 69 thunderstorm wind, 43 hail, 11 flash flood, 3 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
September 1996Flash FloodCullman1 hurt, $30,000no account filed
March 2015LightningCullman1 hurtA 27 year old female was struck by lightning while leaning against a metal door frame. Victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindCullman1 hurtSeveral homes and businesses were heavily damaged in the downtown area, including the Cullman Shopping Center. Several power lines and large trees were also blown down. Some trees fell on houses and vehicles, heavily damaging them. A fuel tank spill resulted due to roof debris falling from a nearby building. The spill required a temporary closure of a one half mile radius near the intersection of Highways 278 and 31. Locations affected by the heaviest damage included the St. Joseph area of Cullman county near Katherine and Ann Street, locations along 278 north, and Arnold Street. Power outages affected as many as 4800 customers in Cullman County. An EMS/weather spotter reported that a female resident experienced a minor injury when a tree limb fell into the home and struck her on the head.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindCullman$200,000Significant building and roof damage occurred in downtown Cullman. Windows and some walls were blown out. Power lines were knocked down and numerous power outages resulted. At Sports Center on highway 31N, Seadoos and Four-Wheelers were flipped over. Big trees were also blown down near the Catholic Church.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCullman$200,000A microburst produced brief but damaging winds up to 80 mph within the historic warehouse district of downtown Cullman. The tin roof on the north side of one building was peeled off. Several bricks were blown off of a retaining wall of another building. The high winds also blew out several windows, damaged signage along highway 31 and a garage door at an area business.
April 2006Tornado (F1)Cullman$125,000A short lived F1 tornado struck a chicken farm near the Pleasant grove community. Two well built chicken houses were collapsed with most of the metal roofing flung into nearby trees and twisted around their branches approximately 40 to 50 yards away. A third chicken house was also moderately damaged. A small wooden shed was completely demolished and a feed bin attached to one of the chicken houses was completely toppled over.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindCullman$100,000no account filed
January 1997Thunderstorm WindCullman$80,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCullman$70,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down near Cullman. The Wal-Mart store sustained damage when wind destroyed the metal framed Garden Center. The flying debris damaged a dozen vehicles in the parking lot.
October 1997HailCullman$65,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCullman$50,000Trees and power lines were knocked down in a swath across central through east central Cullman. This includes Ward Avenue, Swafford Circle SW, Parker Circle SW, Katie Lane SW, Logan Street SW, Interbitzen Street at Hickory Avenue, 2nd Street at Cleveland Avenue SW, Tidwell Street, 4th Avenue SE, 9th Street SE, Morningside Drive SW, Elm Drive SE, and Welti Road SE.
April 1998HailCullman$50,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindCullman$45,000no account filed
April 2006HailCullman$30,000Golf ball size hail was reported at the intersection of U.S. highway 278 and Interstate 65 interchange. The hail produced slight to moderate damage to several vehicles and to roofs of five homes in this vicinity.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCullman$20,000Minor damage was done to a residence and a boat shed in the Trimble area.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindCullman$20,000no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindCullman$18,000no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindCullman$18,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCullman$15,000Three or four large oak trees were blown down. Power lines were brought down as well in the area.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCullman$15,000Several trees were blown down in Cullman. One mobile home had its roof ripped off and at least one vehicle was severely damaged from falling debris.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindCullman$15,000no account filed
June 1996HailCullman$15,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCullman$10,000Trees and power lines were knocked down on Highland Drive, Demorie Avenue, Regalwood Circle, and Mitchell Road on the north side of Cullman. Time estimated by radar.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindCullman$10,000Widespread trees were knocked down across the city of Cullman.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCullman$10,000Windows were blown out in the public library, damaging shelves and books inside. Time estimated by radar.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindCullman$10,000Thunderstorm winds knocked trees on power lines resulting in power outages in the Bethel community.
May 1998HailCullman$10,000Golf ball size was reported in Cullman.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCullman$10,000Power lines and trees were knocked down by the wind west of Cullman on United States 278. Lightning struck the Cullman County courthouse damaging emergency management and law enforcement radio equipment. Wind destroyed a shed and damaged a barn at Holly Pond on County Road 91.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindCullman$10,000no account filed
January 1997HailCullman$9,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindCullman$8,000Trees were reported down in the Guthrie Crossroads area about 10 miles west of Cullman and in the area six miles north of Cullman.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindCullman$6,000Trees were reported down in the Guthrie Crossroads area about 10 miles west of Cullman and in the area six miles north of Cullman.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCullman$5,000Trees were knocked down on County Road 1408 in Cullman.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCullman$5,000Multiple trees were knocked down into the roadway blocking Sprit Life Church. Time estimated by radar.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindCullman$5,000A tree was knocked down across the road on Rosemont Avenue.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCullman$5,000A couple of trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindCullman$5,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a house and barn and destroyed a mobile home just west of Holly Pond. Three-quarter inch hail was reported at Fairview about 10 miles northeast of Cullman.
January 1997HailCullman$5,000no account filed
January 2013Thunderstorm WindCullman$4,000Trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds onto St Joseph Drive and Scenic Lane in Cullman, Alabama. The time was estimated by radar.
April 2001HailCullman$4,000Golf ball size hail was reported at the intersection of Interstate 65 and US 278 near Cullman.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCullman$4,000Numerous trees were blown down in the city of Cullman. Torrential rain with between four and six inches falling in three hours forced the evacuation of several families from the Homewood Trailer Park and closed U. S. Highway 31 on the south side of Cullman. Waters had receded by 2000 CDT.
April 1998HailCullman$3,000Quarter size hail was reported in Cullman.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCullman$2,000Power lines were knocked down at 255 CR 1435. Time estimated by radar.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCullman$2,000A tree was knocked down on Hickory Avenue.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindCullman$2,000Trees were blown down near Eva Road and Forrest Avenue.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCullman$2,000A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds along highway 278 near Cullman. This storm continued to move east southeast and downed large limbs, which damaged a carport in the Spring Hill community.
April 2006LightningCullman$2,000Lightning struck a home, producing minor damage due to a fire that was started by the strike.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCullman$2,000Trees were blown down just west and southwest of the city of Cullman. Some trees were also knocked down near Holly Pond.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCullman$2,000Trees were blown down near Cullman.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCullman$2,000A plate glass window was blown out of a restaurant on US 31 and SR 157 in Cullman.
February 1997Flash FloodCullman$2,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCullman$1,000A large hardwood tree was knocked down on Angie Drive.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCullman$1,000A large hardwood tree was knocked down adjacent to a home.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCullman$1,000A large tree was knocked down on a vehicle on Lakehill street near Highland Drive. Time was estimated from radar data.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCullman$1,000Trees were knocked down at 1425 CR 110. Time estimated by radar.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCullman$1,000Trees were knocked down at 103 U.S. Highway 278 West. Time estimated by radar.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCullman$1,000Trees were knocked down at 3820 CR 509. Time estimated by radar.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCullman$1,000Trees were knocked down at 112 Veterans Drive. Time estimated by radar.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindCullman$1,000One small tree and one large tree down near the intersection of Denson Ave and Beth St in Cullman.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCullman$1,000Numerous trees were knocked down in Cullman.

Every storm recorded in Cullman 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

1 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
Shady Grove Methodist Church and Cemetery5.2 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 74000408 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cullman CountyAll 9 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.
  • 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.