Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
“The Le Grand Bridge is an abandoned concrete girder bridge built in 1914-1915. It is an early example of concrete-girder work by the Iowa State Highway Commission.”
Wikipedia article Le Grand Bridge (1914), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Marshall County · listed in 1998 · 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 7 fires within 5 miles of Le Grand Bridge between 2004 and 2017, burning about 111 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Sac and Fox Agency | SETTLE-1 M |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1959 VINE AVE, MARSHALLTOWN, IA, IOWA |
| 14 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Sac and Fox Agency | PETE |
| 13 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Le Grand Bridge: 13 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legrand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Olson Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ruth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ash Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Le Grand Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Montour Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rockton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Le Grand, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Grand | $50,000 | A machine shed was destroyed and debris was blown 600 feet to the northwest. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Grand | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Grand | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Le Grand | $500 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Le Grand | - | 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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Quarry Bridge | 1.3 miles | 1998 |
 | Glick-Sower House | 6.6 miles | 1993 |
 | Thaddeus Binford House | 6.7 miles | 1984 |
 | Marshall County Courthouse | 6.7 miles | 1972 |
 | Marshalltown Downtown Historic District | 6.8 miles | 2002 |
 | C. H. Whitehead House | 7.3 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98000499 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Marshall County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
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