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Robin Avenue Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

From the record

“The Robin Avenue Bridge is located east of Carroll, Iowa, United States. The 46-foot (14 m) span carries traffic on Robin Avenue over an unnamed stream.”

Wikipedia article Robin Avenue Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Carroll County · listed in 1998 · category: Structure.

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. Robin Ave. over unnamed stream, Carroll, 51401
  • When was it listed? June 1998
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS
  • Township. Grant township
  • Architect. Iowa Department of Transportation
  • National Register reference number. 98000748 - 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

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Robin Avenue Bridge between 2006 and 2016, burning about 90 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
11 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesLIDDERDALE FD
26 April 2014Smoking25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 April 2014Debris and open burning20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources410 E CENTRAL ST., LIDDERDALE, IA, IA
12 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesLIDDERDALE
26 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources1986 VALE RD, IA

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

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 Robin Avenue Bridge: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Carroll Pit Dredge and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Matt LappeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this property

60 of 91 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carroll, the town this property stands in, in 91 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 44 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 12 heavy rain, 6 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2008LightningCarroll1 hurtno account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCarroll$1,500,000no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodCarroll$300,000no account filed
April 2007FloodCarroll$250,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCarroll$250,000no account filed
June 1996Flash FloodCarroll$250,000no account filed
August 2010Flash FloodCarroll$100,000Three to four feet of standing water on city streets.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCarroll$50,000Sheriff dispatch relayed wind and hail in Carroll, including trees and powerlines down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCarroll$50,000Sheriff reported half of the city of Carroll without power and numerous crews out clearing up to a foot diameter trees from roads in town along with power lines.
September 2015Flash FloodCarroll$50,000Heavy rainfall of 2 inches in about 45 minutes. Street flooding in Carroll was reported with water up to the doors of cars.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCarroll$50,000Widespread damage throughout the town of Carroll. Numerous branches, power lines, and street signs down.
April 1998FloodCarroll$50,000no account filed
July 1998FloodCarroll$50,000no account filed
August 1996LightningCarroll$50,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindCarroll$50,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindCarroll$50,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindCarroll$35,000no account filed
June 1996FloodCarroll$30,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCarroll$25,000Power lines down in Carroll. Large branches down, causing damage to a house porch.
June 2008FloodCarroll$25,000Highway was closed and flooded at 3rd street.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCarroll$25,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCarroll$25,000no account filed
May 1998HailCarroll$25,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCarroll$25,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCarroll$15,000no account filed
April 2002HailCarroll$15,000no account filed
July 1996FloodCarroll$15,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarroll$10,000Trees were blown down in the city of Carroll.
July 1999HailCarroll$10,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindCarroll$10,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000Local law enforcement reports power lines and fencing blown down near the 1500 block of Highway 71 in Carroll.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000Spotter reported 70 MPH winds at the intersection of Highways 30 and 71.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000Measured gust by the Carroll Kuemper Catholic Schoolnet site.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
May 2004HailCarroll$5,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
July 1999HailCarroll$5,000no account filed
July 1999HailCarroll$5,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindCarroll$5,000no account filed
June 1994HailCarroll$5,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarroll$4,000Two trees were downed.
June 2005HailCarroll$3,000no account filed
May 2002HailCarroll$3,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCarroll$2,000no account filed
August 2010LightningCarroll$2,000no account filed
July 2006HailCarroll$2,000no account filed
October 2004HailCarroll$2,000no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindCarroll$1,000Public reported 3 to 4 inch diameter branches down in Carroll from the evening storms. Time estimated from radar.
August 2004HailCarroll$1,000no account filed
August 1998LightningCarroll$300no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCarroll-Emergency manager reported large trees down in Swan Lake State Park. Time estimated from radar.
May 2023HailCarroll-Report via broadcast media.
May 2023HailCarroll-Quarter sized hail in Carroll relayed by Law Enforcement.
May 2023HailCarroll-Report via social media.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCarroll-Reports of trees and a powerline down in the city of Carroll.

Every storm recorded in Carroll 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
Storm Creek Bridge 21.6 miles1998
Storm Creek Bridge2.0 miles1998
Olympic Avenue Bridge2.8 miles1998
Fobes Octagon Barn4.0 miles1986
Quail Avenue Bridge4.7 miles1998
Graham Park Historic District5.3 miles2024

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 98000748 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Carroll CountyAll 20 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.