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Photograph of Little Cossatot River Bridge
Photograph by Jeff Holder, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Little Cossatot River Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“The Little Cossatot River Bridge is a historic bridge in rural Sevier County, Arkansas. It is located just west of Lockesburg, carrying County Road 139H over the Little Cossatot River.”

Wikipedia article Little Cossatot River Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Sevier County · listed in 1990 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. Co. Rd. 139H, over the Little Cossatot River, Lockesburg, 71846
  • When was it listed? April 1990
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
  • Township. Red Colony township
  • National Register reference number. 90000538 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

73 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Little Cossatot River Bridge between 1997 and 2020, burning about 614 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 27 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/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Little Cossatot River Bridge: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Antimony, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bob Wolf MineCopper, Antimony, SilverOccurrenceCervantite, Galena, Stibnite
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this property

46 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockesburg, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 25 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2005LightningLockesburg$125,000Lightning struck a home in town resulting in a fire. The house burned to the ground but there were no injuries.
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Lockesburg$50,000An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph touched down just south of of Highway 24 about 2 miles west of Lockesburg, where it caused significant damage to a small shed. The tornado then moved northeast across Highway 24, snapping and uprooting trees and just missing a home on the north side of the highway. A trampoline and small playground near the home were blown about 50 yards directly to the west from their original location. Although the road network became sparse beyond this point, drone footage indicated that the damage path continued from the home to Wildwood and Hilltop Roads where a number of trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado did cause significant damage to three chicken coops located just north of Hilltop Road, while also snapping/uprooting additional trees in this area as well. It then tracked across Shady Lane just to the north of Hilltop Road and uprooted a very large tree, with another tree uprooted and having fallen onto a small home on the west side of Shady Lane. The tornado continued to move northeast over North Park Avenue, Elm Drive, and Highway 71 north of Lockesburg. The damage path became more sparse as the tornado crossed Montgomery Lane just east of Highway 71, with a few other small trees downed on Provo Road just east of Big Timber Lane before the tornado lifted.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindLockesburg$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
April 1993Thunderstorm WindLockesburg$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLockesburg$2,000Numerous trees were snapped in the Lockesburg community. Power poles were snapped along Hwy. 71. Highways 329 and 371 were blocked from downed trees. Some structural damage to outbuildings were also reported.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Large branches snapped off of trees in Lockesburg.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees downed near U.S. Highway 371 and Liggin Drive east of Lockesburg.
June 2023HailLockesburg-Hail up to at least quarter size reported at the Dollar General store in Lockesburg.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Reports of numerous trees downed throughout Sevier County.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees and power lines were blown down across the central and southern sections of Sevier County.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees were blown down across Lockesburg.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees down in Lockesburg, and across much of Sevier County.
April 2017HailLockesburg-Penny size hail fell in Lockesburg.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees down in Lockesburg.
April 2016HailLockesburg-Quarter size hail fell in Lockesburg.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-A tree was downed in Lockesburg, Arkansas.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Numerous trees were downed across the town of Lockesburg, Arkansas.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees and power lines were downed in town. Other reports of downed trees were also reported across other portions of the county.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees were downed on Northpark Road.
May 2007HailLockesburg-Nickel to quarter sized hail reported in town.
March 2006Tornado (F0)Lockesburg-A supercell moved towards the northeast just south of Lockesburg, Arkansas. Damage consisted of a few large trees downed and several tree limbs snapped.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Trees down across Hwy 371.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
October 1993HailLockesburg-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
October 1993HailLockesburg-Heavy rains flooded the jail in DeQueen.
April 2012HailLockesburg-no account filed
April 2011HailLockesburg-no account filed
April 2010HailLockesburg-no account filed
May 2007HailLockesburg-no account filed
May 2004HailLockesburg-no account filed
August 2004HailLockesburg-no account filed
June 2004HailLockesburg-no account filed
May 2003HailLockesburg-no account filed
May 2003HailLockesburg-no account filed
May 2003HailLockesburg-no account filed
March 1999HailLockesburg-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-no account filed
November 1995HailLockesburg-no account filed
October 1993Thunderstorm WindLockesburg-no account filed
October 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed
October 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed
October 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed
October 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed
October 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed
April 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed
April 1993HailLockesburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sevier 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

6 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
De Queen & Eastern Railroad Overpass2.1 miles2023
Lockesburg Waterworks2.2 miles2007
First United Methodist Church2.3 miles1994
Lockesburg High School Gymnasium2.3 miles2018
Hale Creek Bridge7.3 miles2004
Oak Grove Rosenwald School7.4 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 90000538 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sevier CountyAll 17 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.