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Photograph of Champ's Ford Bridge
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Champ's Ford Bridge

Built in 1904. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

“Champ's Ford Bridge, also known as Decatur County Bridge #124, is a historic stone arch bridge located in Clay Township, Decatur County, Indiana. It was built in 1904, and consists of four segmental arches constructed of Indiana Laurel limestone.”

Wikipedia article Champ's Ford Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Decatur County · listed in 2009 · category: Structure · built in 1904.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Co. Rd. 100S over Clifty Creek, 2 mi. W. of Burney, Burney, 47240
  • When was it listed? December 2009
  • Category. structure
  • Township. Clay township
  • When was it built? 1904
  • National Register reference number. 09001127 - 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.

The ground it stands on

2,772 words

The chapter on Clay Township in History of Decatur County, Indiana : Its People, Industries and Institutions, published 1915 names Burney. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

The village of Burney, in Clay townhsip, on the Columbus, Hope & Greensburg railroad, was laid out on May 2, 1882, by James C. Pulse. It has enjoyed a steady growth from the beginning and is now a thriving town, with flourishing business enterprises and many attractive and comfortable homes. A fine, modern school building and two churches, Methodist and Baptist, take care of the educational and religious life of the community. The business and professional interests in 191 5 are as follows: Bank, Burney State Bank; barber, Thomas J. Henderson; blacksmith, J. E. Wasson, G. M. Miner & Son; carpenter and contractor, Edward Clapp; coal dealer, Sidner & Price; dentist, Frank Davis; elevator, Sidner & Price; express, American Express Company; garage. Smiley & Dean; general store, A. E. Howe, J. C. Hayes, H. C. Lawrence ; hardware, McCullough Hardware Co. ; hotel, Mrs. M. J. Luther, Mrs. Clay Alexander ; livery. Clay Alexander ; lumber, Padgett & Son ; meat market, W. S. Miner ; music teachers, Alice Arnold, Mrs. Elsie Gartin ; notary public, L. T. Howell, Fannie Johnson, W. W. Barnes ; photographer, F. W. Kean; physician, C. G. Harrod, Edward Porter; painter, Thomson & Luther; postoffice, W. S. Miner; paper hanger, Miers & Galbraith; restaurant, F. W. Kean, W. S. Miner; real estate and insurance, L. T. Powell; saw-mill. Otto Detrich; shoe cobbler, Frank Hiner; station agent, J. S. Miner; stock l^uyer, Pumphrey & Son, Davis & Davis, W. W. Lane.

Passage source: History of Decatur County, Indiana : Its People, Industries and Institutions, published 1915.

Burney is justly proud of its band, which was organized in the spring of 191 5. Although at this time it has been practicing but a few months, it has already given concerts which were well received. It is under the direction of George Dunn, of Adams. The members of the band are as follows : Cornets, Herbert Lawson, Lora Hayes, Walter Bailey, Ralph Howe, Roscoe Arnold, AValter Galitine, Robert Champ and Russell Emlay; baritone, John Christian ; alto, Jasper Spaugh and James Galbraith ; tenors, Harry Jackson and H. C. Miner; clarinets, Ernest Miner and L. D. Lambert; trombones, Fred Luther, T. J. Hendrickson, Edwin Gibson and Roy Emlay; melophone, Clarence Thomson; tuba, Burney Jackson; bass, Clifford Thurston; snare drum, Plenry Emlay; bass drum, Charles Gartin.

Passage source: History of Decatur County, Indiana : Its People, Industries and Institutions, published 1915.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Clay Township - 2,772 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Storms near this property

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burney, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 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 2006Thunderstorm WindBurney$100,000Straight line winds damaged two trailers and an old store.
April 2006Tornado (F1)Burney$100,000A weak tornado briefly touched down near Burney in Decatur County. Among the damage was a destroyed garage, and several outbuildings. No injuries were reported.
April 2025Flash FloodBurney$25,000Several roads were closed across the county due to water flowing over them. 3 water rescues conducted. Total rainfall was around 1.5 inches.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBurney$5,000Trees or tree limbs were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBurney$3,000Several trees were downed in the Burney area near the intersection of County Roads 100 South and 850 West due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBurney$2,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees near the intersection of Indiana State Road 46 and County Road 700 West.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBurney-An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed near County Road 800 West and State Road 46. Quarter-sized hail was also observed.
May 2006HailBurney-No property damage was reported.

Every storm recorded in Decatur 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 09001127 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Decatur CountyAll 10 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.
  • 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.