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Elliott Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“The Elliott Bridge, in North Dakota, United States, also known as Souris River Bridge, was built by Fargo Bridge & Iron Co. in 1902. The bridge "was designed to replace a county-owned ferry boat that had been operating across the Souris River at 'the Elliott Place.'" It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.”

Wikipedia article Elliott Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for McHenry 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 the Souris River, unnamed co. rd., approximately 4 mi. N of Towner, Towner, 58788
  • When was it listed? February 1997
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota MPS
  • Unorganized territory. Northeast McHenry
  • National Register reference number. 97000181 - 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 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Elliott Bridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 241 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
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
25 September 2020Debris and open burning45 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service92520
26 April 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresJ. Clark Salyer National Wildlife RefugeDUCHSHERER
19 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined180 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMARTHA ROM
2 October 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresJ. Clark Salyer National Wildlife RefugeWARD WELL
18 October 1993Smoking5.0 acresJ. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge2CCC CAMP
11 October 1993Smoking6.5 acresJ. Clark Salyer National Wildlife RefugeCCC CAMP

Every fire recorded in McHenry County

Storms near this property

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Towner, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 23 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Thunderstorm WindTowner$250,000Strong wind gusts were accompanied by hail the size of golf balls. There was damage to structures and automobiles.
May 1994Tornado (F0)Towner$50,000Tornado did damage to grain bins and to the roofs of buildings. The path length and width of the tornado were estimated.
August 2006Flash FloodTowner$20,000Water as much as 8 inches deep in the streets of the downtown area flowed over the curbs and sidewalks and into businesses. Motorists had to find alternate routes around the city. Most of the damage was of the cleaning up variety typically associated with minor flood waters.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTowner$5,000Numerous trees were damage. Cottonwoods 12 to 18 inches in diameter were snapped, and poplar tree branches of six to ten inches were also snapped.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindTowner$5,000The intense thunderstorm winds were measured with a private weather station. The winds resulted in an old garage blown down.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindTowner-Thunderstorm wind gust speed estimated by a COOP observer.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindTowner-Strong winds accompanied large hail.
August 2007HailTowner-The storm was accompanied by very heavy rain.
July 2006HailTowner-Mainly pea size hail with some stones up to nickel size.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindTowner-Wind speed measured with an anemometer. Extensive crop damage occurred.
June 1997Tornado (F0)Towner-brief tornado touchdown reported by law enforcement
July 2024HailTowner-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindTowner-no account filed
July 2017HailTowner-no account filed
July 2017HailTowner-no account filed
July 2017HailTowner-no account filed
July 2017HailTowner-no account filed
June 2015HailTowner-no account filed
August 2013HailTowner-no account filed
August 2013HailTowner-no account filed
August 2013HailTowner-no account filed
July 2013HailTowner-no account filed
August 2013HailTowner-no account filed
July 2010HailTowner-no account filed
July 2010HailTowner-no account filed
August 2007HailTowner-no account filed
July 2006HailTowner-no account filed
June 2004HailTowner-no account filed
June 2004HailTowner-no account filed
June 2002HailTowner-no account filed
August 2002HailTowner-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindTowner-no account filed
July 1997HailTowner-no account filed
June 1997HailTowner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McHenry 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 PropertyDistance Listed
McHenry County Courthouse4.5 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 97000181 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
McHenry CountyAll 10 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.