Ost Valle Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“The Ost Valle Bridge is a bridge near Thompson, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It crosses an unnamed tributary of the Red River, about one mile west of the Red River itself.”
Wikipedia article Ost Valle Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 79 National Register listings published here for Grand Forks County · listed in 1997 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. Across an unnamed tributary of the Red River, unnamed co. rd., approximately 6 mi. E and 1 mi. N of Thompson, Thompson, 58278
When was it listed? February 1997
Category. structure
Also known as. Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota MPS
Township. Walle township
National Register reference number. 97000178 - 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

6 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Ost Valle Bridge between 2015 and 2016, burning about 6 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	6

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
14 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	MM132 & I29
30 June 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	CTY RD 7 NEAR MN STATE LINE
23 June 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	6TH AVE. NE/10TH ST. NE DITCH
28 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	971 6TH AVE
5 October 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	MM130/I-29
14 October 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	MM131/I-29

Every fire recorded in Grand Forks County

Storms near this property

59 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thompson, the town this property stands in, in 59 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 30 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2002	Flash Flood	Thompson	$500,000	6 to 8 inches of rain caused flooding problems over southeast Grand Forks county. Cole creek threatened a home southeast of Thompson. County roads 7 and 81 were closed due to high water levels. Many fields were flooded and roads were damaged. The county estimated $500,000 in damages.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	$30,000	A semi was blown off Interstate 29 and into the median, one mile north of the Thompson exit. The driver was not injured.
September 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	$10,000	no account filed
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	$5,000	Power lines were blown down in the strong wind.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	$500	Trees were blown down.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Top of large cottonwood trees snapped.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Public report of a 92 mph wind gust 4ENE of Thompson. Measured on a Davis weather station.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Measured wind gust.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Tree and fence damage.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Off duty NWS employee relayed report of large branches down from thunderstorm wind gusts south of Grand Forks. Time estimated based on gust frontal passage via radar around 05180118Z.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Public reports approximately 6 inch diameter tree branch snapped south of Grand Forks.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Numerous large trees were broken down in shelter belts across Allendale Township and within the community of Thompson. One hay shed located west of town had a sidewall blown out and the roof collapsed.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Peak wind measured at a personal weather station. Small trees were blown down around a homestead.
August 2020	Hail	Thompson	-	The hail fell on Interstate 29, just north of the Thompson exit.
June 2020	Hail	Thompson	-	Mostly pea sized hail.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	A small garden shed and several tree limbs were blown down.
August 2018	Hail	Thompson	-	Large hail fell along Interstate 29.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	A 10 inch diameter poplar tree was snapped east of Interstate 29 near mile point 131.
July 2017	Hail	Thompson	-	The hail fell in the vicinity of the Walle church.
August 2016	Hail	Thompson	-	Dime to half dollar sized hail fell.
July 2016	Funnel Cloud	Thompson	-	A funnel cloud was seen near the intersection of highway 15 and airport road.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	An apparent microburst occurred several minutes behind the passage of a southward moving thunderstorm gust front. Several trees were snapped at residences and farmsteads across central Walle Township. A north facing garage wall was pushed in at the roof line, and the wind proceeded to blow through the garage and blew out the south facing garage doors and part of the south garage roof. Peak winds were estimated at 90 to 100 mph.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Two trees, one 25 inches in diameter and the other 30 inches in diameter, were snapped in a yard. Power lines were also knocked down in Thompson.
June 2012	Hail	Thompson	-	Pea to penny sized hail fell along with very strong winds.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Numerous eight inch diameter trees were blown down from central Allendale Township into central Walle Township north of Thompson.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Strong winds broke down a few large 3 to 5 inch diameter tree branches at a farmstead.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Several large 3 to 5 inch diameter tree branches were blown down. Large portions of small grain and corn crops were lodged by the winds across northeast Michigan and northern Americus townships.
July 2011	Hail	Thompson	-	Very heavy rains and strong winds were accompanied by a few dime to nickel sized hail.
June 2010	Tornado (EF0)	Thompson	-	The tornado produced intermittent touchdowns along a nearly 8 mile north-northeast track. The dissipating funnel was visible passing south of Grand Forks through 545 PM CDT. Large tree branches were broken down in field shelterbelts and near homes in Merrifield. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.
August 2007	Hail	Thompson	-	The ground was white with hail. Some car damage was reported.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	A microburst produced damaging winds to about 65 mph beginning north-northwest of Thompson and spreading south-southeast through the community of Thompson. Several large cottonwood branches from a grove were torn off and blown up to 200 feet downwind (toward the south-southeast). Four boxelder trees up to 14 inches in diameter were snapped off near the ground while some large branches fell onto buildings. Some crops within one to two miles of Thompson were partly flattened.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Several large trees were uprooted.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	A tree was blown down in Thompson.
June 2005	Flash Flood	Thompson	-	2.50 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time and flooded several homes.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	Trees were blown down near the Thompson exit on Interstate 29.
May 2004	Tornado (F0)	Thompson	-	A brief touchdown was reported.
July 2004	Hail	Thompson	-	Cars pulled off highway 15 because the hail reduced the visibility to near zero.
July 2017	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
July 2012	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
August 2007	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
August 2006	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
September 2005	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Thompson	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
August 1998	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed
September 1997	Hail	Thompson	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grand Forks 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

1 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Thomas D. Campbell House	7.8 miles	1987

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 97000178 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Grand Forks County	All 79 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.