BlockFrom the record
One of 30 National Register listings published here for Gage County · listed in 1992 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Bloody Run 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. Twp. Rd. over Bloody Run, 4 mi. SW of Virginia, Virginia, 68458
- When was it listed? June 1992
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
- Township. Sherman township
- National Register reference number. 92000759 - 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
15 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Bloody Run Bridge between 2007 and 2017, burning about 261 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 | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 April 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Virginia, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Tornado (F2) | Virginia | 2 hurt, $400,000 | A tornado caused extensive damage in Virginia with most of the damage occurring along a 4 block long and 1 block wide stretch through the center of town. One house was almost completely destroyed causing minor injuries to 2 people living there. Six other homes and businesses sustained extensive damage, and trees and other debris were scattered all over the community. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Virginia | - | Trained spotter reported 1-inch hail and a tree uprooted. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Trained spotter reported 1-inch hail and a tree uprooted. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Gage County emergency manager reported center pivot flipped over. |
| May 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Virginia | - | Storm chaser reported funnel cloud via social media with video. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 70 mph. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 mph blew a wood shed and grain bin a quarter of a mile. Several other out buildings were flattened or heavily destroyed by the winds, and some crops were flattened according to reports by emergency management. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at around 60 mph by a spotter. Tree limbs were downed. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Semi truck blown over. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Virginia | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Elijah Filley Stone Barn | 3.7 miles | 1977 |
 | Johnson Cabin Museum | 7.3 miles | 2015 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000759 in Record Group 79. |
| Gage County | All 30 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.