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Photograph of Carey's Ford Bridge
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Carey's Ford Bridge

Built in 1909. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“Carey's Ford Bridge is a historic truss bridge located near Osawatomie, Kansas, that spans the Marais des Cygnes River. Built in 1909, it is the oldest of the remaining camelback through truss bridges in the state.”

Wikipedia article Carey's Ford Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Miami County · listed in 1990 · category: Structure · built in 1909.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Over Marais des Cygnes River, E of Osawatomie, Osawatomie, 66064
  • When was it listed? January 1990
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Metal Truss Bridges in Kansas 1861-1939 MPS
  • Township. Stanton township
  • When was it built? 1909
  • National Register reference number. 89002179 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

61 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Carey's Ford Bridge between 2015 and 2020, burning about 374 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined28
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Other causes1

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
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service236
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service235
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service62
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service179
14 June 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service163
1 May 2018Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service126
7 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service180020

Every fire recorded in Miami County

Storms near this property

55 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osawatomie, the town this property stands in, in 55 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 28 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026HailOsawatomie$50,000Several social media photos and videos of hail up to tennis ball size in Osawatomie. Multiple homes and vehicles were damaged, with many windows and windshields cracked or broken from the hail.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie$2,000Law enforcement reported wind damage with several large trees down.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie$2,000Several large tree limbs were downed across Osawatomie, causing power outages.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie$1,000Power lines down on 6th Street due to strong winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie$1,000Miami county sheriff reported power lines were downed in Osawatomie.
April 2026HailOsawatomie-Ping pong ball sized hail.
April 2025HailOsawatomie-Quarter sized hail reported in Osawatomie.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie-A tree fell onto and damaged a house. Time estimated from radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie-Social media report of a tree downed on top of a vehicle.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie-Social media report of a tree downed on top of a vehicle.
May 2023HailOsawatomie-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in Osawatomie.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie-Estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph were estimated in Osawatomie.
May 2019Flash FloodOsawatomie-Water was over the roads and flowing into some homes. The amount of property damage is unknown at this time.
September 2016FloodOsawatomie-A road was washed out at 351st and Lonestar Road. It's unclear what time the road washed out, but it was closed for a portion of the night. Damages are also unknown.
July 2015HailOsawatomie-Quarter size hail reported at 7 Highway and US 169.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie-Eight to ten inch tree limbs blown down.
June 2013Flash FloodOsawatomie-High water was reported neat 7th Street and Main Street in Osawatomie, due to very heavy rains. It was reported too deep for small cars to go through.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie-Several trees were reported blown over on roads near Osawatomie. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
April 2010Flash FloodOsawatomie-Plum Creek Road and 335th Street, were closed due to flowing water over the road.
June 2007Flash FloodOsawatomie-Barricades put up due to flooding over PLum Creek Road.
June 2007Flash FloodOsawatomie-Heavy rains caused 319th Street and Osawatomie, along with 303 Street and Rogers, to be closed due to flooding.
May 2007Flash FloodOsawatomie-Several roads in Osawatomie had flooding due to the heavy rains.
June 2007FloodOsawatomie-The Marais Des Cygnes River at Osawatomie began flooding on June 28, 2007 and continued through July 5, 2007. The crest was on July 2, 2007 and is detailed in the July 2007 Storm Data Report.
June 2005Flash FloodOsawatomie-Two to three mile stretch of K-7 south of 169 under water. Numerous low water spots on Osawatomie Road under water.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie-Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in Osawatomie.
June 2000Flash FloodOsawatomie-Several roads were closed due to high water.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie-Law enforcement officials reported 70 mph wind gusts.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie-The Miami County Sheriff's Office reported a 70 MPH wind gust during a severe thunderstorm at Osawatomie.
May 1997HailOsawatomie-A severe weather spotter reported golfball-size hail near Osawatomie during a slow moving super cell severe thunderstorm.
July 1995HailOsawatomie-Golf ball-size hail was reported in Oswatomie.
May 2020HailOsawatomie-no account filed
August 2015HailOsawatomie-no account filed
June 2013HailOsawatomie-no account filed
March 2012HailOsawatomie-no account filed
February 2011HailOsawatomie-no account filed
February 2011HailOsawatomie-no account filed
February 2009Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie-no account filed
March 2007HailOsawatomie-no account filed
March 2006HailOsawatomie-no account filed
March 2006HailOsawatomie-no account filed
March 2006HailOsawatomie-no account filed
March 2006HailOsawatomie-no account filed
June 2005HailOsawatomie-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie-no account filed
March 2003HailOsawatomie-no account filed
May 2003HailOsawatomie-no account filed
May 2003HailOsawatomie-no account filed
May 2003HailOsawatomie-no account filed
May 2003HailOsawatomie-no account filed
May 2002HailOsawatomie-no account filed
September 2001HailOsawatomie-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie-no account filed
August 2000HailOsawatomie-no account filed
May 1999HailOsawatomie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miami 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

6 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
John Brown Cabin4.3 miles1971
West Elementary School4.4 miles2024
Creamery Bridge4.4 miles1983
Asylum Bridge4.5 miles1990
Soldiers' Monument4.5 miles2012
Congregational Church4.6 miles2013

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89002179 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Miami CountyAll 19 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.