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One of 22 National Register listings published here for Barton County · listed in 1990 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Walnut Creek Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Over Walnut Creek, NW of Heizer, Heizer, 67530
- When was it listed? January 1990
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Metal Truss Bridges in Kansas 1861-1939 MPS
- Township. Buffalo township
- National Register reference number. 89002178 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
15 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Creek Bridge between 2015 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3115 |
| 25 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 81018 |
| 4 July 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Barton County | 1165 |
| 23 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Barton County | 1098 |
| 20 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Barton County | 2017034 |
| 2 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1836 |
| 4 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 657 |
Storms near this property
34 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heizer, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 17 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | $15,000 | Highway 281 was blocked by an unspecified number of power poles about 5 miles north of Great Bend. The time of the event was estimated from radar. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | $200 | Tree limbs were downed across Highway 96. Dime size hail occurred with the wind. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Heizer | $100 | The emergency manager reported water over Kansas Highway 96 northwest of Great Bend. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | Trained spotter estimated a few gusts near 60 mph. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | The wind speeds were estimated. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Heizer | - | Brief touchdown over open country. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Heizer | - | Wide spread nuisance flooding was reported across all on the county. Many roads had water crossing them, however, no threat to life or property was reported. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | Tree limbs of unspecified diameters were breaking. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | Quarter sized hail was also reported. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Heizer | - | A report of hen egg sized hail was relayed by the braodcast media at KSN-TV. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | A trained spotter estimated winds of 50 to 60 mph. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Heizer | - | Brief tornado touchdown in an open field. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | A trained spotter reported the gust along Kansas Highway 96. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Heizer | - | Winds estimated around 60 mph occurred with the hail. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | Estimated by local law enforcement. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Heizer | - | Golf Ball sized hail fell on a group of firefighters who happened to be fighting a structure fire. The hail partially covered the ground. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Great Bend Army Air Field Hanger | 6.3 miles | 2015 |
 | Norden Bombsight Storage Vaults | 6.3 miles | 2015 |
 | Nagel House | 7.0 miles | 2001 |
 | Abel House | 7.6 miles | 2001 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89002178 in Record Group 79. |
| Barton County | All 22 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.