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One of 15 National Register listings published here for Sarpy County · listed in 1992 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Big Papillion Creek 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. 120th St. over S. Br. of Big Papillion Cr., 3.2 mi. W of La Vista, La Vista, 68128
- When was it listed? June 1992
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
- Precinct. La Vista precinct
- National Register reference number. 92000728 - 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
42 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Big Papillion Creek Bridge between 2011 and 2016, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2014 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Vista, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 10 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Hail | La Vista | - | Public report of hail measured at 1.00 inch in diameter received via an image on social media. |
| April 2024 | Hail | La Vista | - | The office received a public report of quarter sized hail in La Vista. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | La Vista | - | This very brief tornado near Shadow Lake Elementary produced minor damage to homes and damaged numerous trees in the neighborhood. Some fences were also damaged. Peak winds in this tornado were estimated to be at 79 miles per hour. The maximum path width and average path width for this tornado were both 60 yards. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Report of powerlines down and sparking. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Trained spotter measured a peak wind gust of 53 knots. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Trained spotter measured a peak wind gust of 53 knots. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 66 mph. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Public reported multiple tree limbs down, the largest of which measured 4 inches in diameter. The report was received via social media. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Personal weather station measured a wind gust of 68 mph. |
| March 2007 | Hail | La Vista | - | Hail up to half dollar size was reported in the Papillion area. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 mph knocked down several 8 to 12 inch tree limbs which blocked a street in La Vista. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed several power lines in La Vista. |
| August 2003 | Hail | La Vista | - | Hail up to golfball size fell in the La Vista area. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts over 60 mph downed numerous trees and power lines in the La Vista and Papillion areas, knocking power out to 2500 customers. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed at least 7 large tree limbs in town. |
| April 2001 | Hail | La Vista | - | See the narrative for Douglas county for the same time period. |
| October 2001 | Hail | La Vista | - | A supercell thunderstorm, that produced hail up to golf ball size or a little larger, tracked across Sarpy county. Hail 1.25 inches in diameter was first reported in La Vista, with 1 to 1.75 inch hail then reported in the south part of Omaha, Papillion, Bellevue and in between Bellevue and Offutt Afb. The hail covered the ground at most locations in this area, lasted for 10 to 12 minutes and damaged cars and broke sky lights. |
| June 2000 | Hail | La Vista | - | Near 84th and Brentwood. |
| June 2017 | Hail | La Vista | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | La Vista | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | La Vista | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | La Vista | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
4 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Third Sarpy County Courthouse | 3.2 miles | 1990 |
 | John Sautter Farmhouse | 3.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Springfield Community Hall | 6.6 miles | 1998 |
| McCarty-Lilley House | 7.2 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000728 in Record Group 79. |
| Sarpy County | All 15 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.