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Photograph of Roseman Covered Bridge
Photograph by Lance larsen, CC BY-SA 2.5. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Roseman Covered Bridge

Built in 1883. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

“The Roseman Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Winterset, Iowa. It is prominently featured in the novel The Bridges of Madison County, as well as its film adaptation.”

Wikipedia article Roseman Covered Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 55 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1976 · category: Structure · built in 1883.

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 Winterset off IA 94, Winterset, 50273
  • When was it listed? September 1976
  • Category. structure
  • Township. Webster township
  • When was it built? 1883
  • National Register reference number. 76000792 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Roseman Covered Bridge: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ramsey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Backbone QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ninety-Two QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pammel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this property

60 of 116 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winterset, the town this property stands in, in 116 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 46 hail, 44 thunderstorm wind, 13 heavy rain, 5 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1994Thunderstorm WindWinterset$500,000no account filed
June 2024LightningWinterset$250,000Lightning strike resulted in a house fire. Home a total loss. Time estimated.
July 2025Flash FloodWinterset$200,000Low lying areas full of water, some streets in town impassable due to flooded intersections. Multiple reports of flood water entering homes and vehicles throughout town. Iowa highway 92 blocked in both directions due to flood waters west of town.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindWinterset$200,000no account filed
April 2001Tornado (F1)Winterset$75,000Tornado moved from Clarke County into Madison County before lifting.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWinterset$75,000no account filed
May 1997FloodWinterset$75,000no account filed
May 1996FloodWinterset$75,000no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWinterset$60,000Law enforcement reported a roof blown off a house and a large tree down in town.
September 2014Flash FloodWinterset$50,000Water was over the road in the 2400 block of Carver Road.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWinterset$50,000Wind gusts of 85 MPH were reported in Winterset.
June 1998FloodWinterset$50,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindWinterset$50,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindWinterset$50,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWinterset$30,000no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindWinterset$25,000Law Enforcement reported a few 4 to 6 inch tree limbs and a few trees downed in Winterset. Additional trees were reported snapped south and west of town. Delay report and time estimated from radar.
September 2014FloodWinterset$25,000The 2400 block of Pammel Park Road remained flooded.
September 2014Flash FloodWinterset$25,000The 2400 block of Pammel Park Road was flooded.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWinterset$25,000A roof was blown off of a camper. Tree limbs 12 to 24 inches in diameter were broken. Power lines were also downed.
May 2004HailWinterset$25,000no account filed
May 2004HailWinterset$25,000no account filed
May 2004HailWinterset$25,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWinterset$25,000no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindWinterset$25,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWinterset$25,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWinterset$25,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWinterset$20,000Law enforcement estimated winds of 70 to 80 MPH.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWinterset$20,000Large trees and power lines were downed, blocking traffic.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWinterset$20,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWinterset$20,000no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWinterset$15,000Trees down with multiple power outages and downed transformers.
July 2008Flash FloodWinterset$15,000Street flooding on many streets in the city of Winterset.
March 2011HailWinterset$15,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWinterset$15,000no account filed
April 2012Flash FloodWinterset$10,000Widespread flash flooding in Madison County. Some roads under water, especially west, south, and north of Winterset.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindWinterset$10,000Wind blew over road signs.
March 2006HailWinterset$10,000no account filed
May 2004HailWinterset$10,000no account filed
May 2004HailWinterset$10,000no account filed
May 2004HailWinterset$10,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWinterset$10,000no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindWinterset$10,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindWinterset$10,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWinterset$10,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWinterset$10,000no account filed
April 2018Thunderstorm WindWinterset$5,000Off-duty NWS Employee reports damage to a business sign on the north side of town.
November 2015Tornado (EF0)Winterset$5,000Small metal building and scoreboard destroyed at high school athletic field. Path was mostly in rural areas south of Winterset.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWinterset$5,000Large tree snapped off.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWinterset$5,000A 3.5 foot diameter tree was snapped.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWinterset$5,000Large trees and powerlines were reported down.
March 1993HailWinterset$5,000A strong southerly flow of moist and unstable air moved over Iowa during the afternoon of the 29th. Thunderstorms erupted during the late afternoon and early evening hours. There were numerous reports of gusty winds and pea- to marble-size hail with the storms as the overspread the west half of Iowa. A few of the storms became severe over south central into central Iowa. Three-quarter-inch diameter hail fell from the storms as the approached the Des Moines metropolitan area in Madison County. Three-quarter-inch diameter hail also fell in Guthrie County. Lightning from the storms resulted in numerous brief power outages. Some power outages were reported due tree limbs being downed by gusty winds.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWinterset$5,000no account filed
July 2008HailWinterset$5,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWinterset$5,000no account filed
May 2004HailWinterset$5,000no account filed
May 2001HailWinterset$5,000no account filed
May 2001HailWinterset$5,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWinterset$5,000no account filed
July 1996HailWinterset$5,000no account filed
July 1996HailWinterset$5,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
John and Fredericka Meyer Schnellbacher House0.4 miles1987
Hiram C. Smith House2.7 miles1987
Hiram C. Smith Milking Shed2.7 miles1987
John and Amanda Bigler Drake House4.0 miles1987
John Andrew and Sara Macumber Ice House5.3 miles1993
McDonald House5.6 miles1993

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76000792 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Madison CountyAll 55 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.
  • 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.