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Spring Creek Stone Arch Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.

From the record

One of 26 National Register listings published here for Cowley County · listed in 2023 · category: Structure.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

109 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Spring Creek Stone Arch Bridge between 2015 and 2020, burning about 187 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use6

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service1580
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1562
24 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCowley County1817
31 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1821
3 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCowley County1494
27 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service1787
22 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1488
2 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresKansas Forest Service1616

Every fire recorded in Cowley County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Spring Creek Stone Arch Bridge: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Haynes Sand & Gravel Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcfarland Sand & Gravel Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cowley County

Storms near this property

60 of 319 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arkansas City, the town this property stands in, in 319 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 166 hail, 118 thunderstorm wind, 10 tornado, 10 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011Thunderstorm WindArkansas City2 hurt, $3,000A fireworks tent was blown over on the state line south of Arkansas City, injuring two tent workers (direct).
June 2007Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$1,500,000Straight line winds produced widespread damage across the Arkansas City area. The strong winds downed numerous trees and power lines/poles, inflicted roof damage to several homes and businesses, and blew over a few semi trailers. Several grave stones at the local cemetary were damaged, and 69 power poles and 24 transformers were damaged or destroyed across the Arkansas City area.|
April 1996Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$1,500,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$500,000no account filed
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Arkansas City$200,000The tornado caused damage to a storage shed and peeled back several roofs. One roof that was peeled back was to a bait shop, one wall was also partially collapsed.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$175,000A short duration Microburst produced the following damage. A roof was blown off of the teen center. Numerous power lines were downed. About 500 customers without power.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$125,000Twenty five power poles were snapped.
August 2011LightningArkansas City$50,000Lightning struck a shed in northwest Arkansas City during the predawn hours on the 10th. Fire from the burning shed spread to an adjacent home, catching that residence on fire. In addition to the shed, the east side of the house was a total loss, including a back room and the kitchen. While the rest of the house was saved, including the living room, dining room and bedrooms, there was extensive damage throughout the building. Most of the belongings were salvageable. No one was injured in this incident. Property damage amounts are rough estimates. The Arkansas City Traveler was the sole contributor to this report.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$50,000Numerous trees and several power poles were downed due to the high winds.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Arkansas City$50,000One farmstead hit. The home was partially unroofed with unspecified damage to a barn.
June 2007Flash FloodArkansas City$35,000Cowley County Emergency Management reported a water rescue near Cowley County State Lake along Highway 166. Emergency crews rescued two individuals who became trapped in a camper on the east side of the lake. The rising water went into the windows of the camper.
April 1999LightningArkansas City$30,000Lightning struck a home, setting it ablaze.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$25,000A severe thunderstorm destroyed a large hay shed and damaged another. Several limbs were downed, along with a window blown out of a farmhouse. The damage was fairly isolated. Information courtesy of the Arkansas City Traveler.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$25,000Barn blown down.
July 2004LightningArkansas City$25,000House sustained major, but unspecified damage to upstairs attic. Fire crews fought the blaze for 2 hours. (Narrative courtesy of Arkansas City Traveler.)
September 2001Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$25,000KSN Weatherlab. Area newspapers also report that one house and a truck parked along side it sustained damage when a tree fell onto both.
July 2006Flash FloodArkansas City$20,000Several underpasses reported flooded with at least 2 cars stalled out in the high water. The KSN WeatherLab site at Arkansas City Middle School reported 5.23 inches of rain.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$15,000Tree limbs down and traffic lights damaged.
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Arkansas City$15,000The tornado primarily caused damage to trees in the area, but also damaged 3 outbuildings at a farmstead. The primary residence at the farm was left untouched. One roof of a mobile home sustained minor damage as well.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$15,000CESSNA 150 OVERTURNED AT STROTHER FIELD.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$10,000Numerous tree limbs were knocked down across town.
August 2011HailArkansas City$10,000Window damage was reported in the Geuda Springs area.
March 2009Tornado (EF0)Arkansas City$10,000Tree damage was noted along the Arkansas River.
April 2008LightningArkansas City$10,000Strong to severe thunderstorms affected south-central Kansas during the evening hours of April 23rd. Lightning struck an electrical line leading to an Arkansas City home, setting a computer area in an upstairs room ablaze. The blaze was contained to the one room. Information courtesy of the Arkansas City Traveler.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$9,000Westar Energy reported 9 large power poles down between 151st and 131st Roads on 252nd Road just northwest of Arkansas City. Northern parts of Arkansas City were still without power.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$7,500A large tree was uprooted and fell onto a power line just east of E Street. The time of occurrence was estimated from radar.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$7,500A semi truck was blown off of the road, but was still upright along Highway 77 one mile north of the Kansas Oklahoma border.
June 2010FloodArkansas City$7,000The emergency manager reported a few underpasses were impassible because of high water. One police car was also flooded out. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2.6 to 2.75 inches.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$7,000Some tree damage occurred in and around Arkansas City.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$5,000Numerous large trees were uprooted around town. A traffic light was also blown from its support on the town's north side.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$5,000A large tree was uprooted and landed on a radio line east of C Street. The time is estimated based on radar.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$5,000Winds measured at 60 mph inflicted some minor damage across Arkansas City. A power pole was downed just west of downtown, and a large tree was downed just east of downtown.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$5,000Numerous 2 to 3 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down throughout the city.
June 2008Flash FloodArkansas City$5,000Water, 18 inches deep, was reported over 8th Street south of Chestnut Avenue.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$5,000A 30-40 year old cottonwood tree was uprooted and fell onto a small garage. In addition, numerous other trees were uprooted and fell onto power lines severing power to approximately 700 residences.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$5,000Arkansas City Police Dept. reported that a large tree had been blown across the road.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$5,000no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$1,000Six inch diameter tree branches were reported down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$1,000Cowley County Emergency Management estimated 60 mph winds in Arkansas City. A handful of trees and tree limbs were downed by the winds. The Arkansas City Traveler contributed to this report.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$1,000Several 2 to 3 inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$1,000Several large tree limbs were downed.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$500A storm spotter reported some small tree limbs down south of Arkansas City.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindArkansas City$500The winds downed trees and limbs. Three-quarter inch hail also fell.
February 1993HailArkansas City$500no account filed
October 2018FloodArkansas City$100Some minor street flooding was reported in Arkansas City.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindArkansas City-Several reports of trees and power lines down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindArkansas City-Numerous large trees down, several power poles broken off and lines down across the city.
July 2025HailArkansas City-A KAKE storm spotter reported a few quarter sized hail stones in south part of Arkansas City.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindArkansas City-A 2-foot diameter tree limb fell and took down powerlines and a power pole.
June 2025HailArkansas City-A picture of a measured 3.81 inch hailstone was sent in. Amateur radio reported baseball sized hail as well. There was damage to vehicles, homes and businesses across Arkansas City.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindArkansas City-Emergency manager estimated 60 mph winds.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindArkansas City-Wind gusts were estimated to be around 60 mph.
March 2024HailArkansas City-Nickel sized hail was reported in Arkansas City.
May 2024HailArkansas City-Nickle sized hail fell in Arkansas City.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindArkansas City-A measured gust of 58 mph winds was reported by emergency management. Trees and powerlines were later relayed as down in Arkansas City as well.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindArkansas City-Trees and powerlines were knocked down.
October 2024HailArkansas City-Emergency manager and trained spotters reported quarter sized hail. A picture of the hail was sent.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindArkansas City-A trained spotter relayed to emergency management that there were 60 mph winds and blowing debris at United States Highway 166 and 11th Road.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindArkansas City-Multiple power poles were knocked down along 252nd Road between 11th and 31st Streets.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindArkansas City-Two food diameter tree blown down.

Every storm recorded in Cowley 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.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Pilgrim Congregational Church3.4 miles2005
Old Arkansas City High School3.5 miles1974
Arkansas City Commercial Historic District3.6 miles1983
Strother Field Tetrahedron Wind Indicator5.5 miles2015

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100009416 in Record Group 79.
Cowley CountyAll 26 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.