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Beaver Creek Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“The Beaver Creek Bridge near Finley, North Dakota, also known as Newburgh Bridge, is a Pratt through truss bridge that was built in 1913. It is a pinned Pratt pony truss bridge and is "the oldest documented bridge in Steele County constructed by a long-term county bridge builder, the Fargo Bridge and Iron Company.”

Wikipedia article Beaver Creek Bridge (Finley, North Dakota), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Steele 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 Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Across Beaver Creek, unnamed co. rd., approximately 13 mi. E and 4 mi. N of Finley, Finley, 58240
  • When was it listed? February 1997
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota MPS
  • Township. Newburgh township
  • National Register reference number. 97000183 - 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

2 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Creek Bridge between 1999 and 2016, burning about 61 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
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
26 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service28
25 October 1999Debris and open burning60 acresValley City Wetland Management DistrictTHYKESON

Every fire recorded in Steele County

Storms near this property

60 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Finley, the town this property stands in, in 82 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 43 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 tornado. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
May 1994Thunderstorm WindFinley3 hurt, $500,000A woman taped several minutes of a multiple vortex tornado that passed south of her farm. As the tornado went out of view of the video, she and her two children took cover in their mobile home. At the end of the tape, as the tornado moved out of view, the video showed a microburst to the west of the farm. This is what did most of the damage. After the microburst, she looked up and saw blue sky. She and the children were in the limbs of a tree with mobile home debris covering her legs. They were treated for scratches and bruises. The woman and one child were kept overnight at the hospital for observation. Some of the damage included destruction of the mobile home and other farm buildings as well as farm machinery and trees. The path and length of the tornado were estimated.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindFinley$2,000,000Fully grown trees were uprooted. Some trees fell on power poles and powerlines, causing power outages in Finley. Trees also fell on cars and damage was reported at the grain elevator. On one house porch, the windows were blown out and the screens were torn off. Extensive wind driven hail produced crop damage across portions of Finley Township.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindFinley$2,000,000Five wooden double post high voltage power towers were snapped off by downburst winds. The utility company estimated winds around 100 mph. Large hail and damaging winds produced extensive crop damage across portions of Easton and Melrose Townships.
July 2004Tornado (F2)Finley$250,000The tornado tore the roof off a barn and impaled a tree branch in the wooden door of a granary. Many trees were damaged and a high voltage power tower was knocked over. The tornado tracked mainly along the Goose River (about 4 miles west of Hatton) to about 4 miles south-southwest of Hatton.
August 2011Flash FloodFinley$25,000State highway 32 was closed to traffic both north and south of Finley due to water overtopping the roadway. The sheriff reported that many sections of county roads were washed out.
August 1999HailFinley$25,000The hailstorm hit one farmstead particularly hard. The large hailstones punched holes in the house siding, broke windows, and dented cars and several tractors.
July 2001HailFinley$15,000The hail battered a farmhouse, denting the siding and putting holes in the gutters. Several windows were broken and the shingles were damaged.
August 2011FloodFinley$10,000Overland flooding continued around Finley after 3 to 6 inches of rain fell.
April 2002LightningFinley$10,000Lightning struck a house southeast of Finley, knocking out power and phone service to the house. The strike also ruptured a propane line near the home shooting flames up into the air. The lightning hit also left a hole in the roof.
July 2001HailFinley$10,000The hail damaged a pickup. County extension agents estimated that 10,000 acres were destroyed along a strip from highway 200 along the Steele/Griggs line to near Blabon.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindFinley$5,000A portion of the roof of a large shed was destroyed by the wind.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindFinley$2,000Trees were blown down.
August 1999HailFinley$2,000Hail broke several windows.
August 1999HailFinley$1,000The large hail broke the windows in a pickup truck.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindFinley$500Branches were blown down.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindFinley$300Branches were blown down.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindFinley-Damage to a shop from strong winds.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFinley-Public reports large trees down in Steele county.
June 2023HailFinley-Local Law Enforcement relayed report of windshield damage to vehicle from quarter-size hail.
June 2023HailFinley-Report of nickel to quarter-size hail by sheriff department.
June 2022HailFinley-Received a public report of ping pong ball sized hail that lasted for a couple minutes. Time estimated based on radar.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFinley-The roofing system of a large 80x160 ft. The machine shed was partially lifted and dropped, resulting in its partial collapse into the building. Area wind sensors and radar suggest that winds were sustained at 40 mph or higher, with frequent gusts ranging from 55 to 75 mph for at least 10 minutes.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindFinley-Large tree branches were broken and one tree was snapped.
July 2019HailFinley-Dime to nickel sized hail fell.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindFinley-Large tree branches and a couple of trees were snapped in a farm shelterbelt.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindFinley-Strong wind gusts damaged several barns and an old garage. A nearby NDSU NDAWN mesonet station measured a 57 mph wind gust.
August 2018HailFinley-The hail started ahead of the rain.
September 2017HailFinley-Large hail fell with very heavy rain. Some of the hailstones were the size of golf balls.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindFinley-A large tree and several smaller branches were blown down.
July 2015Funnel CloudFinley-A helicopter pilot reported the funnel cloud.
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Finley-The tornado touchdown was brief and in an open field.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindFinley-Several trees were blown down around town. One eight inch diameter tree fell on a deck, which resulted in some damage to the fencing. An automobile with attached trailer were moved and the trailer was twisted and collapsed.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Finley-The tornado report was relayed by an off duty Dodge City NWS meteorologist chasing the storm. The tornado tracked northward intermittently for about 4 miles. Damage was not noticed as the tornado remained largely over open fields and rangeland. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.
July 2007HailFinley-Pea to golfball sized hail fell and covered the ground.
July 2007HailFinley-Several trees were blown down and area crops were destroyed.
June 2006Funnel CloudFinley-A persistent wall cloud produced a brief funnel.
August 2006HailFinley-The hail fell 3 miles east of Golden Lake.
May 2005HailFinley-The hail fell 6 miles northeast of Golden Lake.
May 2005Tornado (F0)Finley-Intermittent touchdowns occurred about 1.5 miles west of Hatton to the Traill county line 1 mile northwest of Hatton.
June 2005Flash FloodFinley-Water flowed over highway 32 about 7 miles south of Finley.
June 2005Flash FloodFinley-Excessive runoff from heavy rains washed out a bridge.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFinley-Large trees were blown down.
June 2005Flash FloodFinley-Four inches of rain fell in less than 2 hours on top of already saturated ground. One bridge was washed out.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFinley-The FAA radar station northwest of Finley recorded a 100 mph wind gust.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindFinley-Wind damage occurred at Golden Lake in northeast Steele county. Many people were at the lake for the holiday weekend. One tree fell on a parked vehicle. The wind flipped a boat and a pontoon from their trailers.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindFinley-Trees and signs were blown over.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindFinley-A large tree was snapped off.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindFinley-Strong winds blew down a building under construction near the city elevator. Trees were also blown down in town.
July 2001Flash FloodFinley-Water was reported over highways 200 and 32 with many fields and ditches also flooded.
June 2000HailFinley-3,000 acres were affected by the hail.
July 1997HailFinley-A 4 mile swath of hail damage was reported along with broken windows.
June 2013HailFinley-no account filed
July 2011Heavy RainFinley-no account filed
July 2011HailFinley-no account filed
June 2007HailFinley-no account filed
June 2006HailFinley-no account filed
August 2006HailFinley-no account filed
June 2005HailFinley-no account filed
June 2005HailFinley-no account filed
June 2004HailFinley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Steele 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 97000183 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Steele CountyAll 3 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.