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Photograph of Bridge No. L-4646
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Bridge No. L-4646

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Rock County · listed in 1989 · category: Structure.

Sources: 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. Sixth St. over Spring Brook, Beaver Creek, 56116
  • When was it listed? November 1989
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Reinforced-Concrete Highway Bridges in Minnesota MPS
  • Township. Beaver Creek township
  • National Register reference number. 89001844 - 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

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Bridge No. L-4646 in 2020, burning about 1 acre 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
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionINC # 105 9/29/2020

Every fire recorded in Rock County

Storms near this property

51 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaver Creek, the town this property stands in, in 51 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2004Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek$100,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed two empty grain bins which each had a 150 thousand bushel capacity. The winds also blew down power lines, resulting in a power outage, and caused widespread tree damage, including several trees uprooted or blown down. Tree debris blocked several city streets. The winds also damaged crops, especially corn, but the amount of crop damage could not be determined.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek$20,000Thunderstorm winds overturned a semi truck on State Highway 23.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Beaver Creek$5,000A weak tornado knocked the chimney off a roof. Debris from the chimney damaged a truck and lawn chairs.
April 2025HailBeaver Creek-A very non-uniform hailstone measured at 2.8 inches at its widest.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured as high as 70 mph at the Minnesota Department of Transportation site near Beaver Creek.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down a large rotten tree in town and also some small branches on other trees.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-The roof on a cattle barn was blown off by thunderstorm wind gusts. Several surrounding tree limbs from 6 to 10 inches in diameter were also broken.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-Thunderstorm wind gusts up to 58 mph were measured at the Minnesota Road Weather Information System site near Beaver Creek.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-A thunderstorm wind gust of 72 mph was measured by Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN005 1 mile west-southwest Beaver Creek. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-Thunderstorm winds downed a concrete silo, damaged numerous outbuildings, and snapped several trees.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was measured by Minnesota Road Weather Information System site 1 mile west-southwest of Beaver Creek.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-Roof panels were torn off a hog barn by thunderstorm winds.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-Concrete silo collapsed due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-A thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph was measured by the Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN005 1 mile west-southwest of Beaver Creek.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-An extended period of thunderstorm wind gusts of 58 mph or greater was measured by Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN006 1 mile west-southwest of Beaver Creek. A peak wind gust of 83 mph occurred at 1600CST. In addition, multiple large tree branches were downed in the city of Beaver Creek.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by Minnesota RWIS site MN006 located 1 mile west southwest of Beaver Creek. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-A narrow path of crop damage, possibly related to a miso vortex within a broader wind field, was identified using Sentinel satellite imagery. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-Thunderstorm wind gust measured by Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN006.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-RWIS site along Interstate 90 measured wind gust.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-Measured by MNDOT rwis station.
March 2018FloodBeaver Creek-Runoff from heavy rain and snow melt caused inundation of low-lying stretches of township roads near 50th Avenue and 91st Street.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-Remote Minnesota DOT sensor at Beaver Creek.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-Measured at Minnesota Department of Transportation's RWIS station at Beaver Creek.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
June 2014Funnel CloudBeaver Creek-A funnel cloud appeared to be moving to the southeast.
June 2014Flash FloodBeaver Creek-Heavy rain caused flash flooding of Interstate 90 by Beaver Creek and of several county roads.
June 2001HailBeaver Creek-Large hail caused considerable damage to crops. Some soybean crops were destroyed. Corn crops affected were expected to recover, according to the county extension agent, because the crops were young, with the growing point still below the ground and able to produce new stalks. Therefore, the amount of crop damage was not known.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-Thunderstorm winds of unknown speed blew down trees.
May 1993Tornado (F1)Beaver Creek-A tornado traveled along an intermittent path west of the town of Beaver Creek and damaged or destroyed several buildings and downed several trees.
April 2025HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
April 2025HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-no account filed
July 2016HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
July 2016HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
June 2014Funnel CloudBeaver Creek-no account filed
May 2014HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
July 2013Funnel CloudBeaver Creek-no account filed
May 2012HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
May 2012HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
October 2007HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
June 2006HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
November 2005HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBeaver Creek-no account filed
September 2002HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
April 2002HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
June 2001HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
July 2000HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
July 1996HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
July 1995HailBeaver Creek-no account filed
June 1994HailBeaver Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rock 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
First National Bank of Beaver Creek0.2 miles1980
Jacob Nuffer Farmstead4.5 miles1980
Maplewood Chapel7.0 miles1980
Bridge No. 14827.5 miles1992
J. W. Gerber House7.9 miles1980
Holy Trinity Church-Episcopal7.9 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89001844 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Rock CountyAll 20 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.
  • 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.