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One of 14 National Register listings published here for Bourbon County · listed in 1990 · category: Structure · built in 1902.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Long Shoals Bridge
Built in 1902. 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 Little Osage River, E of Fulton, Fulton, 66738
- When was it listed? January 1990
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Metal Truss Bridges in Kansas 1861-1939 MPS
- Township. Osage township
- When was it built? 1902
- National Register reference number. 89002182 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
18 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Long Shoals Bridge between 2015 and 2020, burning about 240 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 184 |
| 8 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 210529-10847-04082020-1830 |
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Bourbon County | 122 |
| 10 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bourbon County | 129 |
| 1 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2018 | Smoking | 90 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 69 |
| 22 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 111 |
| 22 March 2015 | Smoking | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 122 |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Long Shoals Bridge: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prescott Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fulton, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 10 hail, 7 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $50,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed one barn and damaged a house along Highway 31. Tree damage also occurred in nearby areas. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Fulton | $25,000 | Hail to the size of half dollars was reported. Some minor roof damage occurred. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Fulton | $10,000 | Heavy rainfall, from training thunderstorms, produced flash flooding near the town of Fulton. The Emergency Manager reported that Yellowstone Road suffered severe damage due to swiftly flowing flood waters. Rainfall estimates from the training storms were around 3 to 4 inches. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $5,000 | Social media report relaying that many trees were snapped halfway, with some being uprooted in Fulton, Kansas. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $5,000 | A large tree fell and damaged a car. |
| April 2026 | Flood | Fulton | - | Kansas Route 31 between Kansas Routes 7 and 69 at Clever Creek was flooded and impassable. |
| April 2026 | Flood | Fulton | - | A water rescue was performed near 225th Street and Xavier Road at the little Osage River. Rescue was completed successfully. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Fulton | - | Highway 31 at Clever Creek was closed and impassable west of Fulton due to flooding. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | - | The Emergency Manager reported that a couple large trees were broken along with penny size hail. |
| October 2016 | Flood | Fulton | - | Kansas Highway K-31 was closed due to flooding along the Little Osage River. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Fulton | - | Flood waters closed and damaged the road surface of 255th Street between Valley and Wagon roads. |
| March 2009 | Flash Flood | Fulton | - | Excessive rainfall caused several roads and low water crossings to become flooded across the county. A couple of specific locations that flooded included the intersection of 165th street and Highway 31, along with the intersection of 185th Street and Highway 31. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Fulton | - | Several areas of Bourbon County flooded as three to four inches of rain fell during the morning hours. A few specific locations that flooded include a section of County Road 195 near its intersection with Highway 31, a section of County Road 165 west of Fulton, a low water crossing near the intersection of County Road 205 and Poplar Road, the intersection of County Road 65 and Yale Road, and the intersection of County Road 85 and Maple. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Fulton | - | Widespread flash flooding occurred across Bourbon County. This flash flooding was mainly confined to low water crossings. However, a section of Highway 69 was closed due to flooding of Wood Creek. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Fulton | - | Heavy rain caused flooding across northern sections of Bourbon County. Numerous low water crossings were impassable to motorists. A local observer in the area had measured 3.40 inches of rain that fell in two hours. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Fulton | - | Persistent rainfall caused areal flooding along the Little Osage River. Numerous roads and low lying areas along the river became inundated and impassable to motorists. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Fulton | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Fulton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fulton High School and Grade School | 5.5 miles | 2015 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89002182 in Record Group 79. |
| Bourbon County | All 14 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- 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.