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One of 35 National Register listings published here for Johnson County · listed in 2026 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
College Street Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2026.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. College Street 275 feet east of Privett Road, Coal Hill, 72832
- When was it listed? January 2026
- Category. structure
- Township. Grant township
- National Register reference number. 100012573 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
50 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of College Street Bridge between 1997 and 2018, burning about 460 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 95 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of College Street Bridge: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this property
40 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coal Hill, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 23 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 11 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Coal Hill | 1 killed, 11 hurt, $5,500,000 | This is the sixth and final segment of a six-segment tornado. (The first, third, and fifth segments occurred in Franklin County in the Tulsa County Warning Area.) The tornado moved out of Franklin County north of Alix and entered Johnson County northwest of Coal Hill. In Johnson County, the tornado first moved through the Centerpoint community, knocking down trees in the cemetery and badly damaging several residences. The tornado next moved on to the Bethlehem community, where several mobile homes were destroyed and some additional residences were damaged. A 31 year-old woman in one of the mobile homes was killed and approximately 11 other people were injured. The tornado next moved on to Harmony, damaging additional residences, barns, chicken houses, and outbuildings, before continuing into the Ozark National Forest. Damage also occurred near Ozone before the tornado lifted farther to the northeast in the forest. Altogether, at least 65 residences were damaged or destroyed in Johnson County. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Coal Hill | $100,000 | Low water crossings were flooded in many parts of the county. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | $25,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | $25,000 | Trees were down across the western portion of the county. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | Multiple trees fell down in the Coal Hill and Hartman areas. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Coal Hill | - | Half dollar sized hail fell near Coal Hill. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | A tree was downed. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | Trees were down along Main Street in Coal Hill. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | Trees were blown down by the wind. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | Trees were blown down by the wind. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | A tree was blown down. Winds were estimated near 60 mph. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Coal Hill | - | A picture was on social media of golf ball sized hail mixed with smaller hail just west of Coal Hill. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | Shingles were blown off a roof. Road signs were blown down. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | Trees were reported down. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several road signs. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Coal Hill | - | Lightning struck a large pile of hay bales and set them on fire. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | Some large tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Coal Hill | - | Nickel size hail covered the ground at Coal Hill. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | A storm spotter reported that thunderstorm winds gusted to 65 mph at Coal Hill. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Coal Hill | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Hill | - | 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Taylor Hill Hotel | 0.8 miles | 2008 |
 | U.S. 64 Horsehead Creek Bridge | 4.5 miles | 2014 |
| Tankersley-Stewart House | 5.8 miles | 1994 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012573 in Record Group 79. |
| Johnson County | All 35 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.