Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Boone County · listed in 1998 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Big Creek Bridge between 2008 and 2020, burning about 29 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 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 951 500TH AVE, IA |
| 17 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2443 HWY E-43, IOWA |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Big Creek Bridge: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| G. Eckert Yard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madrid, the town this property stands in, in 71 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 29 thunderstorm wind, 17 heavy rain, 16 hail, 6 tornado. The reports record 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Madrid | 2 hurt, $750,000 | Tornado moved from Dallas County into Boone County. Two injuries occurred in Woodward. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Madrid | $200,000 | Tornado hit one home, but remained mostly in open countryside. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $100,000 | Local law enforcement reports power lines and trees down across the county. Some roads blocked by debris and a house struck by a tree on 320th about 2 miles northeast of Madrid. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $50,000 | High winds tore part of the roof off of a stick built house. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $50,000 | A barn was blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Madrid | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $25,000 | Extensive large tree limbs blown off trees. Bulldozer will be needed to clear streets. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Madrid | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Madrid | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Madrid | $10,000 | This QLCS tornado started a few miles north of Woodward and moved eastward quickly. Most of the damage along the entire path was to trees although one farmstead south of Luther had damage to one of the outbuildings. The tornado lifted to the south of Napier in eastern Boone County. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Madrid | $10,000 | Trained spotter reported up to about ping pong ball sized hail. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Madrid | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported up to golf ball sized hail. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Madrid | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Madrid | $9,000 | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $5,000 | Public reported shingles taken off of roof. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $5,000 | Several large trees greater than 12 inches in diameter felled. Large tree branches of 6 inches or greater also broken. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $5,000 | Boone County law enforcement reported 12 inch tree limbs down in Madrid. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Madrid | $5,000 | Tornado tracked down during its brief life through open country. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $3,000 | Several 4 to 6 inch tree branches were down and blown through the neighborhood. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Madrid | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Madrid | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Madrid | $1,500 | This tornado passed from Polk into Boone southeast of Madrid. It remained on the ground passing through southeast Boone county encountering a couple of farmstead with mainly minor tree damage. Otherwise, the bulk of the path was across open farmland. A TDS was also observed on the KDMX WSR-88D radar. This tornado crossed from Boone county into Story county to the southwest of Kelley, Iowa. |
| April 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Madrid | $1,000 | Brief touchdown in open country. Little significant damage. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Madrid | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | - | Large branch and power line down in the street. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Madrid | - | Delayed report, time estimated by radar. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Madrid | - | A 24 hour rain total of 4.28 inches. |
| June 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Madrid | - | Several reports of funnel clouds received between Luther and Madrid. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Madrid | - | A 24 hour rain total of 3.36 inches. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Madrid | - | A 24 hour rain total of 4.21 inches. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Madrid | - | A 24 hour rain total of 4.50 inches. Light rain ongoing at time of observation. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Madrid | - | Time estimated via radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | - | Mesonet station reported a 51 knot wind gust. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Madrid | - | Emergency manager reported quarter sized hail. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Madrid | - | Public relayed a picture of their rain gage with about 3.1 inches of heavy rainfall since last night. Location was about 4 mi north of the High Trestle Trail Bridge. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Madrid | - | Trained spotter reported heavy rainfall of 3.09 through 9:30 pm. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Madrid | - | Emergency manager reported storm total heavy rainfall of 3.75 inches so far since Monday evening. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Madrid | - | Emergency manager reported storm total heavy rainfall of 4.24 inches. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | - | Emergency manager reported wind gusts to around 60 mph along with small branches down. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madrid | - | Emergency manager reported numerous small branches broken or down. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Madrid | - | Trained spotter reported storm total heavy rainfall of 3.01 inches, via social media. |
| August 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Madrid | - | Storm chaser reported a small, poorly defined funnel from an elevated storm. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Madrid | - | Public reported heavy rainfall storm total of 2.51 inches. End time estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Big Creek Bridge 2 | under 500 feet | 1998 |
 | Carl and Ulrika Dalander Cassel House | 4.0 miles | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98000766 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Boone County | All 19 listed properties in this county. |
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