Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
“The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Pratt Truss Bridge in Melvern, Kansas was built in 1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.”
Wikipedia article Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Pratt Truss Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 14 National Register listings published here for Osage County · listed in 2003 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Pratt Truss Bridge between 2015 and 2018, burning about 392 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 42 |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 39 |
| 10 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 76 |
| 12 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 69 |
| 8 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Osage County | 33 |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 91 |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 23 |
| 29 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 28 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Melvern, the town this property stands in, in 53 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 33 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melvern | 5 hurt, $2,000 | Strong winds overturned trailers at Melvern Lake resulting in minor damage and minor injuries to 5 people. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melvern | 2 hurt, $6,000 | Strong winds blew several tents over as well as several pull behind vehicles. Two children received minor injuries. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melvern | $200,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melvern | $20,000 | Strong winds hit near Melvern. Considerable damage was reported. A roof was blown off a shed. Trees were reported snapped or twisted. A camper shell was carried over one half mile. Power poles were snapped leaving power outages up to 10 hours. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melvern | $3,000 | Strong winds blew down tree limbs doing minor damage to property and buildings. |
| May 2006 | Heavy Rain | Melvern | $1,000 | Trained spotters measured 2.60 inches to 3 inches of rain in a 1 hour period between 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM CST. from thunderstorms. One spotter reported a total rainfall of 3.90 inches of rain at 7:45 PM CST. Extensive street flooding was reported. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Melvern | $1,000 | Large hail damaged some windows near Melvern. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melvern | - | Estimated wind gust north of Waverly. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Melvern | - | Hen egg sized hail from photo on social media. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melvern | - | Tree and outbuilding damage. Wind speeds estimated near 75 MPH. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Melvern | - | Several golf ball size hail stones were reported. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Melvern | - | Flooding is occurring at 285th Road, north of Melvern. The road is closed. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Melvern | - | Flooding of low water crossing on California rd. |
| November 2015 | Hail | Melvern | - | Wind gusts between 50-60 mph. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melvern | - | A 4 ft diameter tree blown onto house. |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Melvern | - | A storm chaser witnessed a funnel cloud near Lyndon. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melvern | - | An NWS employee reported a 65 mph wind gust in Carbondale. A trained spotter reported a 60 mph wind gust in Melvern twenty minutes prior. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Melvern | - | A homeowner witnessed a small funnel descend toward the ground and produce damage to a 3 telephone poles before lifting to her northeast. It was described as a thin white funnel cloud and was just above the ground and did not do any other damage. This account was relayed through county law enforcement. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Melvern | - | A trained spotter reported numerous roadways with water flowing over them. The spotter reported up to 1 foot of flowing water around Shawnee heights Road and 301st Road in Osage County. Another observer reported 1 foot of flowing water across several roads in the Quenemo and Melvern areas. Those roads were all subsequently closed until the water receded. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Melvern | - | At Melvern Lake. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melvern | - | Semi-truck blown over on i-35. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Melvern | - | A small tornado hit briefly in open country with no reported or observed damage. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| November 2015 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Melvern | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Melvern | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lyndon Carnegie Library | 7.5 miles | 1987 |
 | Osage County Courthouse | 7.7 miles | 2007 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03000364 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Osage County | All 14 listed properties in this county. |
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