Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
“Carns State Aid Bridge is a historic bridge that spans the Niobrara River about 10.8 miles northeast of Bassett, Nebraska. It is a Parker & Pratt through truss bridge built in 1912.”
Wikipedia article Carns State Aid Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Rock County · listed in 1992 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Carns State Aid Bridge between 2008 and 2012, burning about 2,653 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 2012 | Natural | 2,653 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | HALL |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bassett, the town this property stands in, in 142 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 103 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 3 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Bassett | $750,000 | Storm chasers and Law Enforcement observed a tornado that destroyed two center pivot irrigation systems,power poles, and a large grain bin facility. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | $250,000 | Wind damage reported from 7 miles north of Bassett to just east southeast of Newport. Damage included grain bins destroyed, irrigation center pivots overturned and downed power lines. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | $250,000 | An intermittent line of wind damage was observed along and north of Highway 20 in Rock County. The wind damage began about 5 miles northeast of Bassett and continued into Holt County to 5 miles northeast of Newport. Peak wind gusts of 118 mph were estimated, where wooden power poles were snapped 3.5 miles east of Newport. Wind damage included uprooted trees, downed power lines, two outbuildings and a machine shop destroyed, and over 50 center pivot irrigation systems overturned. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Bassett | $100,000 | An 80 foot radio tower was blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | $90,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew over two 29,000 gallon fiberglass holding tanks and two 30,000 gallon steel holding tanks at the Rock County Agronomy Service. The fiberglass tanks fell on a pickup truck and caused damage to other nearby tanks. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Bassett | $75,000 | Tornado chasers observed a small tornado that damaged three center pivot irrigation units and two small empty grain bins before going back up into the parent cloud. |
| August 2009 | Lightning | Bassett | $46,000 | Lightning struck and burned 48 large round hay bales. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Bassett | $45,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Bassett | $40,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Bassett | $40,000 | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Flood | Bassett | $25,000 | The NDOR web site reported water over Highway 183 in several places between Bassett and the Junction of Highway 96 and Highway 183 south of Rose. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Bassett | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Bassett | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Bassett | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported tennis ball size hail. The hail damaged vehicles. |
| September 2008 | Hail | Bassett | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Bassett | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Bassett | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | $5,000 | Thunderstorm wind broke 10 to 12 inch tree branches off the trees. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bassett | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bassett | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bassett | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | $2,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 60 MPH, led to tree damage at this location. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Bassett | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Bassett | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Bassett | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 MPH broke numerous large tree limbs south of Bassett. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Bassett | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Lightning | Bassett | $600 | Lightning struck the power pole between two homes. The electrical surge blew up the televisions in both homes. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | - | Numerous broken limbs of greater than 4 inches in diameter, winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Bassett | - | Nickle to half dollar sized hail reported in Bassett. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Bassett | - | Report via social media. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | - | A 62 MPH wind gust was measured at this location by a mesonet station. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | - | A trained weather spotter reported a large tree branch downed in Bassett. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Bassett | - | Public reports flooding along Highway 20 or about 4 miles west of Bassett. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Bassett | - | NDOT reports water over highway 183 at MM172. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | - | Report of numerous tree limbs down at this location. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | - | Public reported small tree branches downed and estimated 60 mph wind gusts, along with marble size hail. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Bassett | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 MPH lasted over a half an hour. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Bassett | - | General public reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bassett | - | Rock county sheriffs department reported marble to golf ball sized hail. |
| August 2011 | Lightning | Bassett | - | Lightning struck and burned six hay bales south and east of Bassett. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | - | Power lines were blown down south of Bassett. This caused power to be out in Bassett until 2:00 a.m. Monday morning August 8th. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | - | Public reported winds estimated at 52 knots. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | - | Large trees were snapped off or uprooted, a roof was peeled off of a grocery store and landed on the street, and a Games and Parks Commission building was heavily damaged as a bow echo produced damaging winds across Cherry, Rock, Brown, Holt, Keya Paha, and Boyd counties. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Bassett | - | The hail damaged corn and bean crops. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Bassett | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Bassett | - | A weak tornado broke large branches off trees. Some of the branches were found hanging from a nearby power line. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | - | The winds broke off several large tree branches. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Bassett | - | The tornado made a brief touchdown over open rangeland. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | - | The storm knocked down large tree limbs around town. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Bassett | - | The tornado made a brief touchdown in open rangeland. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Bassett | - | The tornado touched down in an open field. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Bassett | - | Hail lasted for five minutes and ranged from nickel to golfball size. |
| July 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Bassett | - | The tornado touched down briefly in a rural area approximately 8 miles west of Bassett in Rock County...near the Rock and Brown County line...and then entered Brown County. There was no damage. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bassett | - | Numerous large tree limbs down. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Bassett | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Bassett | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Bassett | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Bassett | - | no account filed |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000722 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Rock County | All 4 listed properties in this county. |
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