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One of 663 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 2009 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Meramec River U.S. Bridge - J421
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Historic U.S. Rt. 66 spanning the Meramec River, Eureka, 63025
- When was it listed? September 2009
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Route 66 in Missouri MPS
- Township. Meramec township
- National Register reference number. 09000888 - 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
35 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Meramec River U.S. Bridge - J421 between 2003 and 2014, burning about 55 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 June 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 May 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Meramec River U.S. Bridge - J421: 19 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bussen Antire Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Old Glenco Lime Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eureka, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | A tree was snapped off on the west side of town. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | Thunderstorm winds blew off shingles on several homes in Eureka and blew down a large tree limb in Maplewood. The tree limb caused minor damage to a car. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped off an eight inch diameter Bradford Pear tree. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | A microburst moved through the Shaw's Garden Subdivision, blowing down several large trees and numerous tree limbs. A couple of homes and vehicles were damaged by fallen trees or tree limbs. Also, numerous power lines and a couple of power poles were blown down. The damage extended across Highway 109 into the Augustine Heights Subdivision snapping off a couple of large trees as well as tree limbs. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | Amateur radio spotters reported large tree limbs down. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Eureka | - | Storm spotters reported nickel size hail along Interstate 44. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | Thunderstorm winds blow down a couple of large trees just west of Eureka along I-44. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Eureka | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pond School | 5.8 miles | 2012 |
 | Carney-Keightley House | 6.0 miles | 2010 |
 | Big Chief Restaurant | 6.2 miles | 2003 |
 | Red Cedar Inn | 7.0 miles | 2003 |
| Henry Avenue Historic District | 7.4 miles | 2003 | |
 | Lyceum, The | 7.4 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09000888 in Record Group 79. |
| St. Louis County | All 663 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.