Rush County Line Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

From the record

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Rush County · category: Structure.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. 11 mi. N of Otis, Otis, 67513
Category. structure
Also known as. Masonry Arch Bridges of Kansas TR
Township. Alexander-Belle Prairie township
National Register reference number. 86003355 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Rush County Line Bridge between 2017 and 2018, burning about 5 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	2

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
27 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Rush County	2
25 January 2018	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Kansas Forest Service	2

Every fire recorded in Rush County

Storms near this property

60 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Otis, the town this property stands in, in 62 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 37 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 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
July 2005	Hail	Otis	$740,000	Large hail and strong winds across Rush county caused 50 percent crop damage to 95,000 acres.
March 1998	Hail	Otis	$50,000	Damage occurred to vehicles throughout the town.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	$2,000	Two power poles were blown down along highway K4.
July 1998	Lightning	Otis	$500	Light caused a fire that destroyed 200 bales of hay.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	$500	Power pole snapped
September 2021	Heavy Rain	Otis	-	Rainfall of 3.70 inches was observed.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	-	A roof was blown off a building.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	-	Large tree limbs were blown down. The high wind was most likely due to a heat burst event from a dissipating thunderstorm.
May 2013	Tornado (EF0)	Otis	-	A rope tornado did not cause any damage as it moved south.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	-	Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
May 2011	Heavy Rain	Otis	-	Rainfall of 4.11 inches fell mainly during the evening hours.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	-	One inch diameter tree branches were blown down. Penny sized hail was also reported as the high wind was occurring.
July 2009	Hail	Otis	-	Wind speeds of 60 mph were also observed.
June 2008	Heavy Rain	Otis	-	Rainfall of 3.50 was reported at this location.
May 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Otis	-	This tornado made contact for only 30 seconds.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	-	Three inch diameter tree branches broken.
April 2005	Tornado (F1)	Otis	-	There was some roof damage to a farm. A gooseneck trailer was lifted up and it's five foot tongue was driven completely into the ground. There was also some tree damage.
July 2005	Tornado (F0)	Otis	-	This was brief touchdown reported by residents in the area and relayed by KSNW-TV in Wichita.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	-	Six power poles were blown down
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	-	Eight to ten inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	-	Four to six inch diameter tree branches blown down.
September 1998	Lightning	Otis	-	Numerous grass fires were started by lightning in the Otis area.
September 1998	Hail	Otis	-	Windows broke out of a house and car. Siding and a roof were heavily damaged.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	-	Roof blown off of a well pump house.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	-	20 acres of milo destroyed by wind.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	-	Shed destroyed...camper overturned...windows broken...tree limbs blown down.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	-	Broken windows were reported along with power poles down, large tree limbs down and some unspecified exterior damage done to homes.
June 2024	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
August 2022	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
May 2021	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2017	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
August 2007	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
October 2007	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
September 2003	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
April 2001	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
June 2000	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Otis	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rush 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 86003355 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.