BlockFrom the record
One of 27 National Register listings published here for Otoe County · listed in 1992 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Wolf 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. Vacated Co. Rd. over Wolf Cr., 10.3 mi. NE of Dunbar, Dunbar, 68455
- When was it listed? June 1992
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
- National Register reference number. 92000738 - 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
11 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Creek Bridge between 2005 and 2017, burning about 291 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 burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wolf Creek Bridge: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Nehawka Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunbar, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 21 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | - | Emergency manager report of a tree down south of Highway 2 and 67 near Dunbar. Estimated wind speed of 60-70 mph, with the time of the damage estimated from radar. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Dunbar | - | Public reported 2-inch hail. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Dunbar | - | Emergency manager reported 1.75-inch hail. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | - | Public reported 60 mph winds and nickel sized hail. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | - | Public reported trees and large limbs down. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Dunbar | - | Hail around quarter-size fell near Dunbar. The hail caused some minor vehicle damage. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 70 blew a tractor trailer off of the road near the Highway 2 and County Road 67 interchange and also overturned a fifth-wheel trailer. Trees were damaged and a few were uprooted which caused some house damage in the area. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dunbar | - | Hail around nickel size fell from Dunbar to locations 3 miles northeast of town. The storm was accompanied by wind gusts estimated at 60-70 mph. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dunbar | - | Hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter fell around the Dunbar area for several minutes. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph were estimated by an Amateur radio operator just north of Dunbar. The winds were accompanied by hail around nickel size. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Dunbar | - | Another one inch hail report from Dunbar. |
| October 2013 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Dunbar | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming Bridge | 2.9 miles | 1992 | |
| McCartney School District 17 | 6.9 miles | 2000 | |
 | Boscobel | 7.3 miles | 1976 |
 | Arbor Lodge | 7.4 miles | 1969 |
| Nebraska City Historic District | 7.9 miles | 1976 | |
 | Kregel Wind Mill Company | 7.9 miles |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000738 in Record Group 79. |
| Otoe County | All 27 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- 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.