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One of 33 National Register listings published here for Putnam County · listed in 2024 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Oakalla Covered Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. County Road 375 West over Big Walnut Creek., Greencastle, 46135
- When was it listed? May 2024
- Category. structure
- Township. Madison township
- National Register reference number. 100010374 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
The ground it stands on
583 wordsThis property stands in Madison Township. Biographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
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 Madison Township - 583 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Fires near this property
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Oakalla Covered Bridge in 2017, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | MAUMEE |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Oakalla Covered Bridge: 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory), Zinc, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana State Farm Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Lone Star Greencastle Qy/Cement Plt | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Putnam Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z78 | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Greencastle Pulverizing Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Greencastle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Greencastle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 75 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greencastle, the town this property stands in, in 75 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 40 thunderstorm wind, 29 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Greencastle | $200,000 | A tornado briefly touched down at the Putnam County Fairground and destroyed 1 horse stable and damaged one other building. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $70,000 | The area along Washington Street and Bloomington Street saw a lot of tree and utility line damage from thunderstorm winds. Witnesses at the Putnam County Fairgrounds said several chickens were killed as a result of the storm. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $70,000 | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $50,000 | Trees were downed 5 miles northwest of Greencastle, and there was some minor damage to homes in the area. South of Fincastle a roof was blown of a barn. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $50,000 | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $45,000 | A utility pole, a garage, a horse barn, and a camper were damaged in Greencastle due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $28,000 | Part of the roof on a pole barn and a modular home was blown off due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Windows were blown in at a business. A tree fell due to the thunderstorm winds and crushed a truck. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $10,000 | Emergency manager reports multiple trees and tree limbs downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts with some on having fallen on cars. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $10,000 | A tree fell onto a house. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $5,000 | Numerous trees downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts between Greencastle and Fillmore. 0.5 inch hail also occurred at the same time. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Greencastle | $5,000 | Water, estimated at 8 to 10 inches deep, was covering the road at the intersection of Highfall and Shadowlawn Avenues. No barricades were in place but police were aware of the flooding. Multiple other locations inside and outside the city limits also have flooding. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Greencastle | $5,000 | Roadways were covered and previous flooding conditions were exacerbated due to heavy rainfall that caused flash flooding. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $3,000 | Several trees were reported down in Madison Township due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $2,500 | Power lines were down in the vicinity of United States Highway 231 South. No further details of location were given. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $2,000 | Power lines and poles were downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts across town. A 50 mph wind gust was measured around the same time. |
| August 2014 | Flood | Greencastle | $1,000 | Several streets in Greencastle were water covered due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. |
| June 2010 | Lightning | Greencastle | $1,000 | Lightning struck a barn northwest of Greencastle near the intersection of County Road 300 W and 25 N. Damage to the barn was reportedly minor. The owner fought the fire and put it out using a garden hose. The time this event occurred was estimated. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $1,000 | Power lines were downed. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $1,000 | Power lines and trees were downed. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Greencastle | - | In addition to the hail wind gusts to 30 mph also occurred. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | Four healthy trees broke off at ground level and fell across the road. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | Trees and/or tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds in town. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | Gust was measured with wind equipment mounted on a truck. Numerous trees were also reported down around the city due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | Trees were reported down along state road 231 just north of 200 N. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Greencastle | - | No property damage reported. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Greencastle | - | No property damage reported. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | Several trees were downed in Greencastle. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | A few trees were downed. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | Trees were blown down. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | A few trees were downed. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | A few trees were downed. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | Several trees and power outages |
| March 2012 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greencastle | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Alfred Hirt House | 2.6 miles | 1991 |
| Dunbar Covered Bridge | 2.9 miles | 2024 | |
 | Old Greencastle Historic District | 2.9 miles | 2011 |
 | Lycurgus Stoner House | 2.9 miles | 1985 |
 | Courthouse Square Historic District | 3.0 miles | 1984 |
 | East College of DePauw University | 3.1 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100010374 in Record Group 79. |
| Putnam County | All 33 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.