BlockFrom the record
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Nuckolls County · listed in 1992 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Stewart Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Co. Rd. over Big Sandy Cr., 1 mi. E and 8 mi. N of Oak, Oak, 68935
- When was it listed? June 1992
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
- Precinct. Elk precinct
- National Register reference number. 92000717 - 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
9 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Stewart Bridge between 2005 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
20 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 10 hail, 7 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Oak | $15,000 | A landspout tornado was confirmed via several eyewitness reports and a damage survey in northern Nuckolls County. This tornado formed along a weak frontal boundary and exhibited the classic landspout characteristics of a long, translucent condensation/dust funnel. The landspout moved southwest along the boundary for over 3 miles. The main damage along its path was the overturning of 11 empty coal railroad cars. Otherwise, damage was minimal. The maximum wind speed was estimated to be 80 MPH. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Oak | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Oak | $10,000 | In addition to the rain that had fallen across the area on the 1st, radar estimation and measured amounts showed an additional 3 to 5 inches of rain falling across portions of the warned area the night of the 2nd. Much of this rain fell over a short period of time, resulting in water running over some area roads, including portions of Highway 4 between Carleton and Davenport. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Oak | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak | - | Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in a damaged grain bin. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak | - | A wind gust of 59 MPH was recorded by a mesonet station located 1 mile northeast of Oak. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak | - | Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in widespread tree damage in Oak. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak | - | Three inch diameter healthy tree limbs were down on Highway 4. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 MPH. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Oak | - | Golf ball size hail fell for approximately 30 minutes. Crop damage was reported from Oak to Ruskin along an approximately 4 mile wide path. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Oak | - | Storm spotters reported a brief tornado southwest of Oak. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Oak | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Oak | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Oak | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Oak | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Oak | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Oak | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Oak | - | 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 92000717 in Record Group 79. |
| Nuckolls County | All 8 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.