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Photograph of Second Street Bridge
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Second Street Bridge

Built in 1886. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Second Street Bridge is a one-lane, single-span truss bridge in Allegan, in the U.S. state of Michigan, that carries Second Street over the Kalamazoo River. It is a Michigan State Historic Site, a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”

Wikipedia article Second Street Bridge (Allegan, Michigan), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 33 National Register listings published here for Allegan County · listed in 1980 · category: Structure · built in 1886.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · 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. 2nd St., Allegan, 49010
  • When was it listed? June 1980
  • Category. structure
  • Township. Allegan township
  • When was it built? 1886
  • National Register reference number. 80001845 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Second Street Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
28 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALLEGAN 0002
24 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALLEGAN FD 174 - 2020
6 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLYDE TOWNSHIP FD 0000063 - 2019
22 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGOBLES-PINE GROVE FD 0000117 - 2019
26 June 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALLEGAN 02
24 May 2007Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALLEGAN FD 0000101 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Allegan County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Second Street Bridge: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allegan Brick Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Belden Marl Pit 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grigsby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hughes Otsego PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pickett and Schreur, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Allegan County

Storms near this property

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allegan, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 26 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2006Thunderstorm WindAllegan1 hurt, $50,000Numerous trees were blown down across Allegan county and a tree fell on a tent camper pinning a woman underneath. She sustained minor injuries.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAllegan$500,000Allegan county emergency management reported that trees and wires were blown down across the county.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindAllegan$250,000There were several reports of downed trees, limbs and power lines and downed limbs caused damage to a few homes in the area.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindAllegan$250,000Numerous trees were blown down across much of Allegan county. At least one tree fell on a house.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindAllegan$100,000Multiple trees were blown down onto houses in Allegan. Several trees fell on cars in Fennville.
June 2003HailAllegan$50,000Reports of one to as large as one and three quarters inch diameter hail were received from Allegan.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindAllegan$50,000A 60 mile per hour wind gust was recorded in Allegan. Numerous trees were downed including at least one that fell on a home in Allegan, causing roof damage.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindAllegan$50,000no account filed
May 2000HailAllegan$50,000no account filed
May 2000HailAllegan$40,000no account filed
May 2000HailAllegan$40,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindAllegan$30,000Numerous large tree limbs were blown down across Allegan county.
May 2000HailAllegan$30,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindAllegan$25,000A line of severe thunderstorms downed trees and power lines on the west side of the city of Allegan.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindAllegan$25,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAllegan$20,000Twenty trees were blown down from southwest of the city of Allegan to Wayland.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindAllegan$15,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew down several trees in Allegan. A 58 m.p.h. wind gust was measured in Otsego.
August 2003HailAllegan$15,000Seven eighths inch diameter hail was observed in the city of Allegan.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindAllegan$15,000no account filed
October 2001Flash FloodAllegan$15,000no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindAllegan$15,000no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindAllegan$10,000A few trees were brought down by thunderstorm winds in Allegan county.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindAllegan$10,000Numerous trees were blown down in Allegan.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindAllegan$10,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in Lee township.
August 2003HailAllegan$10,000Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported in Allegan.
August 2003HailAllegan$10,000Three quarters inch hail was reported between 36th and 106th streets, in Allegan.
August 2003HailAllegan$10,000Three quarters inch hail was reported two miles southwest of the city of Allegan.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindAllegan$10,000Local media reported trees and power lines downed in the city of Allegan.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindAllegan$5,000Isolated tree damage occurred in portions of Allegan county.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAllegan$5,000Three trees were blown down six miles southeast of Allegan.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAllegan-Several power lines were blown down in Allegan township.
March 2012HailAllegan-A trained spotter reported three quarters inch diameter hail near Allegan.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAllegan-Trees and power lines down. No damage estimates available. Numerous reports across the southern half of Allegan County.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAllegan-Amateur radio operators estimated winds gusted to 60-mph just south of the town of Allegan. Many trees and power lines were reportedly downed in the area. Approximately 6,400 people lost power in the immediate area. No damage estimate was available.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindAllegan-Many trees and power lines were blown down.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindAllegan-Tree limbs up to 8-inches in diameter were blown down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAllegan-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodAllegan-no account filed
September 1994HailAllegan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Allegan 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
William C. Messenger House0.2 miles1987
Engelbert B. Born House0.2 miles1987
Downtown Allegan Historic District0.2 miles1987
Edward D. Born House0.3 miles1987
Pritchard's Outlook Historic District0.4 miles1987
Griswold Civic Center Historic District0.4 miles1987

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80001845 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Allegan CountyAll 33 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.