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One of 63 National Register listings published here for Cape Girardeau County · listed in 1970 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Burfordville Covered Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. E edge of Burfordville on CR HH, Burfordville, 63739
- When was it listed? May 1970
- Category. structure
- Township. Kinder township
- National Register reference number. 70000325 - 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
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Burfordville Covered Bridge between 1997 and 2020, burning about 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179194-01617-09162019-1108 |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179143-01617-09162019-1057 |
| 31 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179074-01624-04032019-0005 |
| 5 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230868-01617-10052020-1440 |
| 6 January 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179070-01624-01062019-0005 |
| 1 January 2020 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190042-01617-01012020-1620 |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Burfordville Covered Bridge: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Zinc | Zinc | Prospect |
Storms near this property
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burfordville, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 2 tornado, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Burfordville | $175,000 | An EF2 tornado, with max winds of 125mph, touched down about 1.5 miles east of Burfordville in Cape Girardeau County. It tracked east for about 1.4 miles before lifting 3 miles east of Burfordville. The worst damage occurred along County Road 363 where a home suffered significant roof damage. Further east along County Road 343 there was an outbuilding with significant damage along with a mobile home that had minor damage. Several trees were uprooted along the path as well. Debris was lofted far enough to be spotted near the intersection of MO-72 and County Road 335. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Burfordville | $50,000 | Flash flooding of the Whitewater Creek affected the community of Burfordville. Floodwaters from the creek damaged several homes and two vehicles. A motorist attempting to pass through the flooding ended up stranded in a flooded ditch. The vehicle was partially submerged, but nobody was injured. |
| February 1998 | Flood | Burfordville | $5,000 | Persistent moderate to locally heavy rain during the previous night brought rainfall totals to around 2 inches in 8 hours. Since the ground was already saturated, the runoff raised small stream levels very rapidly. The Whitewater River overflowed across County Road 351 near Burfordville. A station wagon stalled as it attempted to cross the flooded roadway. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burfordville | $1,000 | A tree was uprooted. A National Weather Service storm survey estimated peak winds were near 75 mph. |
| April 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Burfordville | - | Numerous funnel clouds were reported along the path of a supercell thunderstorm that tracked northeast across Cape Girardeau County. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Burfordville | - | An old farmhouse was partially destroyed, with the kitchen still standing but the rest of the house flattened. A nearby barn was destroyed. Numerous trees were blown down. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Burfordville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Burfordville Mill | under 500 feet | 1971 |
| Miller-Seabaugh House and Dr. Seabaugh Office Building | 4.5 miles | 1996 | |
| Big Hill Farmstead Historic District | 6.2 miles | 1999 | |
 | Frizel-Welling House | 7.4 miles | 1999 |
 | Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District | 7.5 miles | 2006 |
 | Bennett-Tobler-Pace-Oliver House | 7.6 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 70000325 in Record Group 79. |
| Cape Girardeau County | All 63 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.