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Crystal Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“Crystal Bridge in Crystal, North Dakota is a bridge which was built in 1927 over the Cart Creek. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.”

Wikipedia article Crystal Bridge (Crystal, North Dakota), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Pembina 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. Appleton Ave., over Cart Cr., Crystal, 58222
  • When was it listed? May 1997
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota MPS
  • City. Crystal city
  • National Register reference number. 97000507 - 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.

Storms near this property

26 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crystal, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 11 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 funnel cloud. 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 1999Tornado (F4)Crystal$1,000,000A tornado touched down southeast of Mountain, where it damaged several farmsteads. One farm home was completely lifted up and tossed 100 yards. A combine was also picked up and thrown several hundred feet. A swather was picked up and wrapped around several trees. In the town of Mountain, numerous trees were knocked flat. 2 mobile homes were destroyed, the roof was torn off a house, and a garage was destroyed.
May 2013FloodCrystal$100,000Western portions of Crystal prepared for evacuation as small stream flooding encroached on the community.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCrystal$2,000Large trees were blown down across highway 66. A rapid temperature rise was also noted.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindCrystal$500Branches were blown down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCrystal-Wind driven hail caused widespread crop damage across southern Park and Lodema townships.
August 2013Tornado (EF0)Crystal-A funnel cloud was observed first. Then dust was seen being drawn into the circulation from the ground. The tornado tracked intermittently for about a mile with peak winds estimated at 70 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCrystal-A tree branch almost four feet in circumference was blown down.
June 2011Tornado (EF1)Crystal-This tornado began in Walsh County, about six miles west-southwest of Park River. The tornado tracked intermittently for about 26 total miles, while wrapped in heavy rain and downburst winds. About ten of the miles occurred in Pembina County, while about sixteen of the miles occurred in Walsh County. Numerous trees were either snapped or uprooted along its track. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph.
August 2007Funnel CloudCrystal-This funnel cloud was observed about 8 miles west-northwest of Hoople (looking toward Union). Distance and time are approximate.
August 2007Tornado (EF1)Crystal-After the first tornado tracked from near Union (Cavalier County) to near Garder (Pembina County), a second tornado was produced by the same parent supercell thunderstorm. This tornado touched down about 5 miles west-southwest of Crystal (Pembina County) and continued to about 1.5 miles west of Hoople (Walsh County). The total tornado track was about 5 miles, and about 3 miles of the track occurred in Pembina County. The tornado made numerous strikes in shelterbelts along its path. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph.
August 2007HailCrystal-The hail ranged in size from 1.00 to 1.75 inches.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCrystal-A large tree was blown across a driveway.
September 2019HailCrystal-no account filed
July 2016HailCrystal-no account filed
July 2016HailCrystal-no account filed
July 2014HailCrystal-no account filed
August 2013Funnel CloudCrystal-no account filed
June 2007Funnel CloudCrystal-no account filed
August 2007HailCrystal-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCrystal-no account filed
August 2002HailCrystal-no account filed
August 2002HailCrystal-no account filed
August 2002HailCrystal-no account filed
July 2001HailCrystal-no account filed
June 1999Tornado (F0)Crystal-no account filed
August 1998HailCrystal-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pembina 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 97000507 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pembina CountyAll 12 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.
  • 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.