BlockFrom the record
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Rush County · listed in 1985 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Walnut Creek Tributary Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 0.5 mi. N and 2.5 mi. W of Nekoma, Nekoma, 67565
- When was it listed? July 1985
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Masonry Arch Bridges of Kansas TR
- Township. Pleasantdale township
- National Register reference number. 85001435 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Creek Tributary Bridge between 2015 and 2018, burning about 51 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 222 |
| 16 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 64 |
Storms near this property
45 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nekoma, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 32 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Nekoma | - | A highly visible Landspout tornado moved slowly northwest from 552 to 558 pm. Numerous pictures of this event were shared on social media. This Landspout flipped a section of center pivot just south of Highway 96. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Nekoma | - | Rainfall of 2.01 inches was observed. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| October 2018 | Hail | Nekoma | - | There was a lot of pea to nickel sized hail. |
| December 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Nekoma | - | This QLCS was observed briefly before it was lost in the rain. There was no damage reported. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | A trailer with a mower on it moved 300 feet by the high wind. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. Four inch diameter tree limbs were broken. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Nekoma | - | The hail stripped the leaves off of the trees. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Nekoma | - | This tornado did not encounter anything to damage. |
| July 2006 | Heavy Rain | Nekoma | - | Four inches of rain fell in a short time span. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Nekoma | - | Nothing to damage. Probably stronger than F0. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Nekoma | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001435 in Record Group 79. |
| Rush County | All 6 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.