Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
“The Yatesville Covered Bridge, in Lawrence County, Kentucky near Fallsburg, was built in 1907 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.”
Wikipedia article Yatesville Covered Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Lawrence County · listed in 1976 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Yatesville Covered Bridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,054 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fallsburg, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $25,000 | Trees fell onto electric lines causing damage to poles. About 25 tress were blown down in the vicinity. Minor roof damage also occurred. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $20,000 | Trees were blown down in scattered locations around Fallsburg and Fuller. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $2,000 | Large branches were blown down, some across roads. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $1,500 | Multiple trees were blown down on Route 3 in the Fallsburg area. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $500 | Near Fallsburg, multiple trees were blown down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $500 | A tree was blown down near Delong Branch Road. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $500 | One tree fell down along State Route 3 due to wet soils and gusty winds. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallsburg | $200 | A tree was blown down along Austin Branch Road in Fallsburg. |
| January 2018 | Hail | Fallsburg | - | The ground was covered with hail. Most of it was pea sized, but some stones as big as dimes were noted. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Fallsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Fallsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Fallsburg | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Capt. Freese House | 4.6 miles | 1988 |
 | Big Sandy Milling Company | 4.7 miles | 1988 |
 | First United Methodist Church | 4.8 miles | 1984 |
| Louisa Residential Historic District | 4.8 miles | 1988 | |
 | Louisa Commercial Historic District | 4.8 miles | 1988 |
 | Louisa United Methodist Church | 4.9 miles | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76000910 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lawrence County | All 10 listed properties in this county. |
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