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One of 28 National Register listings published here for Blue Earth County · listed in 1989 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Zieglers Ford Bridge
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. 96 over Big Cobb River, Good Thunder, 56037
- When was it listed? November 1989
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Iron and Steel Bridges in Minnesota MPS
- Township. Decoria township
- National Register reference number. 89001830 - 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.
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Zieglers Ford Bridge: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Prange Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Good Thunder, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2016: 7 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Good Thunder | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Good Thunder. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Good Thunder | - | This tornado damaged several farmsteads. A barn was caved in on a side, roofs of hog barns were blown off, trees were snapped or uprooted, and a wood pole was snapped. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Good Thunder | - | Occurred on County Road 13. |
| September 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Good Thunder | - | Multiple reports. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Good Thunder | - | The roof was partially lifted off a home. |
| August 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Good Thunder- | - | Golfball size hail was reported in Garden City. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Good Thunder | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Good Thunder | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Good Thunder | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Good Thunder | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Good Thunder | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Good Thunder | - | 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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kern Bridge | 6.1 miles | 1980 |
 | Mapleton Public Library | 7.0 miles | 2009 |
| Main Street Commercial Buildings | 7.2 miles | 1980 | |
 | Lucas Troendle House | 7.2 miles | 1980 |
 | James P. Gail Farmhouse | 7.6 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89001830 in Record Group 79. |
| Blue Earth County | All 28 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.
- 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.