BlockFrom the record
One of 48 National Register listings published here for Yellowstone County · listed in 2012 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Huntley Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Mi. 12, MT 312, Huntley, 59037
- When was it listed? March 2012
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Montana's Steel Stringer and Steel Girder Bridges MPS
- National Register reference number. 12000175 - 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
52 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Huntley Bridge between 2006 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 2 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 | 40 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Southern Land Office | HWY 312 E@ S 6TH RD |
| 8 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Southern Land Office | YEOMAN |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | BROADVIEW DRIVE |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yellowstone County | MCGIRL & POWMER ROADS |
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 64 acres | Yellowstone County | ISLAND |
| 14 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | SHEPHERD & BENGTSON RD |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | NORTHERN AVE & HEATH ST |
| 22 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Billings Field Office | HUNTLEY DAM |
Storms near this property
40 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huntley, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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 1998 | Hail | Huntley | $2,000,000 | Numerous reports of tennis ball sized hail causing numerous damages to vehicles and homes in and around Huntley. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Huntley | $5,000 | Minor hail damage around town. Hail plugged storm sewers causing some local flooding. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | Mesonet station mtarc at 11.8 S Ballantine. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Huntley | - | Hail report. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | Estimated 60-70 mph. Very large tree branches down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | A camper trailer was flipped and destroyed. One mobile home was destroyed and another was damaged. In addition, debris struck a power line which started a wildfire. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | A shed and dog kennel were damaged and playground equipment was flipped. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | A tree, approximately 1.5 feet in diameter, was uprooted. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph uprooted a few trees and demolished a utility building near Shepherd. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was estimated 1 mile south of Huntley. |
| March 2014 | Flood | Huntley | - | Some low land flooding occurred across portions of Pryor Creek between the town of Pryor and the Interstate 90 bridge. Low land flooding was also reported along portions of Pryor Creek between the town of Pryor and its confluence with the Yellowstone River at Huntley. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was estimated just south of Shepherd. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | Arrow Creek Hill DOT measured a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Huntley | - | Water covering roadways |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | 10 power poles knocked down and semi-trailer knocked over |
| July 2001 | Hail | Huntley | - | Ground covered by hail and white. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Huntley | - | Spotter report of nickel size hail. |
| July 1998 | Heavy Rain | Huntley | - | 1.5 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Huntley | - | Nickel sized hail covered the ground two inches deep near the Osbourne Project. The hail also did crop damage to wheat, corn and barley. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | At Laurel hanger damaged at airport and trees down around town. At Billings Airport plane was turned over. Lots of roof and tree damage around town. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Huntley | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Hail | Huntley | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000175 in Record Group 79. |
| Yellowstone County | All 48 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.