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One of 36 National Register listings published here for Fillmore County · listed in 1989 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Bridge No. L4770
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Twp. Rd. 213 over Mahoney Creek, Fountain, 55935
- When was it listed? November 1989
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Minnesota Masonry-Arch Highway Bridges MPS
- Township. Fountain township
- National Register reference number. 89001827 - 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
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bridge No. L4770 between 1994 and 2009, burning about 92 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 54 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bridge No. L4770: 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fillmore County Sand Deposit | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Hungerholt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Huntington Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rissman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ruen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wendt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fountain, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain | $45,000 | The public reported downed trees and power poles in Fountain. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain | $25,000 | Utility poles were blown down on Main Street in Fountain. Several trees were also blown down in the area with one landing on a small grain truck and another on a house causing damage to the roof. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Fountain | $18,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Fountain | $4,500 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain | $2,000 | A tin roof was blown off a structure in Fountain. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain | - | A trained spotter reported numerous trees down in the city of Fountain. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Fountain | - | Up to quarter sized hail fell in Fountain. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Fountain | - | Hail that ranged in size from 1 inch to 2.5 inches fell in Fountain. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Fountain | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Fountain | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Fountain | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Allis Barn | 3.7 miles | 1982 |
 | Preston Brewery | 4.6 miles | 1982 |
 | Preston Overlook | 4.7 miles | 2003 |
 | Fillmore County Jail and Carriage House | 4.8 miles | 1982 |
 | Milwaukee Elevator | 4.9 miles | 2006 |
| Inspiration Point Wayside Rest | 5.9 miles | 2015 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89001827 in Record Group 79. |
| Fillmore County | All 36 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.