BlockFrom the record
One of 21 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 1985 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Middle Creek Tributary Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 5.8 mi. W of Princeton, Princeton, 66095
- When was it listed? July 1985
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Masonry Arch Bridges of Kansas TR
- Township. Homewood township
- National Register reference number. 85001428 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
32 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Middle Creek Tributary Bridge between 2006 and 2019, burning about 604 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 164 |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 65 |
| 25 June 2017 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Franklin County | 2017167 |
| 5 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 32 |
| 24 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Franklin County | 31 |
| 21 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 47 |
| 16 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Franklin County | 1700027 |
| 15 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Franklin County | 82 |
Storms near this property
30 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Princeton, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 6 flash flood, 2 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | $325,000 | At least 10 homes along with numerous trees and power lines were badly damaged by 60 to 70 mph straight line winds. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Princeton | $50,000 | Clark, Georgia and Butler roads impassable due to fast flowing water. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Princeton | $50,000 | Up to three feet of water flowing over county roads west of Princeton with trucks flooded. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | $2,000 | Strong winds damaged shingles and blew down 3 inch diameter tree limbs. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | $2,000 | Strong winds damaged outbuildings and a barn. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Measured on a personal weather station. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Also had some dime sized hail. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Princeton | - | Report of water over roadways in Princeton. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Report of 65 mph wind gust. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Princeton | - | A firefighter gave a first hand account of being |impacted by the tornado in the town of Princeton, including power|flashes and rotating wind field. Damage to trees and power lines|in Princeton was reported. The tornado traveled east, impacting a|home on Nebraska Road where it was able to remove a majority of |the roof. 0.5 miles east of Nebraska Road a barn was destroyed and|other outbuildings damaged while a nearby home only experienced|minor roof damage. The tornado likely dissipated shortly after this|point while downburst winds continued to the east where approximately|20 power poles oriented north to south along Texas road were damaged. |
| April 2010 | Flash Flood | Princeton | - | Multiple county roads were flooded in the Princeton area. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Princeton | - | Flash flooding was reported in the Princeton area. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Princeton | - | Several county roads southwest and south of Princeton had water over them. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Princeton | - | This was a brief touchdown. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | A 100 foot tall tower was blown down in the town of Princeton. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Princeton | - | Golfball-size hail fell in the Princeton area with numerous reports of 0.25- to 0.50-inch hail across parts of Osage, Shawnee, Douglas, Marshall and Nemaha counties. The hail was soft, but briefly covered the ground in some areas. Heavy localized rainfall and saturated ground caused flooding of streets and poor drainage areas. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Princeton | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Silkville | 7.0 miles | 1972 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001428 in Record Group 79. |
| Franklin County | All 21 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.
- 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.