Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
One of 54 National Register listings published here for Clayton 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 7 fires within 5 miles of Dry Run Bridge between 2006 and 2007, burning about 51 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 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 Dry Run Bridge: 11 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spellman Farm | Lead | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Quarry | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Mederville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thurn Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eldon Kruse Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Farmer Brothers | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Osborne Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pust and Thurn | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Littleport, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 10 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleport | $20,000 | Two barns were blown down and destroyed by a severe thunderstorm wind gust on Grandview Road midway between Elkader and Garber. |
| April 2010 | Flood | Littleport | $5,000 | Two rounds of slow moving thunderstorms on April 6th into the 7th produced locally heavy rains across central and southern Clayton county. Reports from cooperative observers indicated around 3.5 inches of rain fell at Strawberry Point and just over 4 inches fell near Elkader. This heavy rain pushed the Volga River out of its banks at Littleport for a short period on the 6th and 7th. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleport | $2,000 | Trees were blown down east of Littleport. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleport | $1,500 | Power lines blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littleport | $1,200 | no account filed |
| February 2023 | Flood | Littleport | - | Runoff from the combination of rainfall and snow melt pushed the Volga River out of its banks in Littleport. The river crested around a half foot above the flood stage at 11.59 feet. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Littleport | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Littleport. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Littleport | - | Runoff from heavy rains pushed the Volga River out of its banks in Littleport. The river crested almost two and a half feet above the flood stage at 14.4 feet. |
| July 2017 | Flood | Littleport | - | Runoff from heavy rains pushed the Volga River out of its banks in Littleport. The river crested over nine feet above the flood stage at 21.13 feet. |
| June 2016 | Flood | Littleport | - | Heavy rains across portions of northeast Iowa pushed the Volga River out of its banks in Littleport. The river crested at 12.71 feet, less than a foot above the flood stage. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Littleport | - | Runoff from heavy rain pushed the Volga River out of its banks in Littleport. The river crested at 15.42 feet, almost three and a half feet over the flood stage. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Littleport | - | The Volga River at Littleport, IA rose above the flood stage of 12 feet on March 11th, and crested at 2:45 a.m. on March 12th at 13.58 feet. The river dropped below flood stage later in the day on March 12th.||Only minor flooding was observed as the river rose above flood stage with no damage reported. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Littleport | - | Locally heavy rains pushed the Volga River out of its banks in Littleport on July 7th and 8th. The river exceeded the flood stage by over one foot cresting at 13.19 feet. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Littleport | - | Locally heavy rains pushed the Volga River out of its banks in Littleport from July 23rd through the 25th. The river exceeded the flood stage by over seven feet cresting at 19.23 feet. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Littleport | - | The Volga River at Littleport crested at 14.32 feet during the early morning hours of April 27th. Flood stage is 12 feet. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Littleport | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mederville Bridge | 2.8 miles | 1998 |
 | Motor Inn | 3.9 miles | 1977 |
| Read Township Culvert | 6.1 miles | 1999 | |
 | St. Joseph Church and Parish Hall | 7.0 miles | 1976 |
 | Schmidt House | 7.2 miles | 1977 |
 | J. C. Stemmer House | 7.2 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98000803 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Clayton County | All 54 listed properties in this county. |
Block