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One of 14 National Register listings published here for Knox County · listed in 1992 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Gross State Aid 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. Hwy. over Verdigris Cr., 3.5 mi. N, .2 mi. W of Verdigre, Verdigre, 68783
- When was it listed? June 1992
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
- Township. Sparta township
- National Register reference number. 92000773 - 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 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Gross State Aid Bridge between 2003 and 2020, burning about 209 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 2020 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
56 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verdigre, the town this property stands in, in 56 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 36 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Hail | Verdigre | $50,000 | Damage to vehicles and roofs. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verdigre | $6,000 | Many trees and power lines downed. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Verdigre | - | The office received a report of golf ball sized hail from a trained spotter. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Verdigre | - | The office received a report of golf ball sized hail in Verdigre from a public source. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verdigre | - | Public reported a horse barn and garage destroyed from wind gusts. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verdigre | - | Emergency manager reported a tree down on a power line along Highway 14. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Verdigre | - | Public reported tennis ball sized hail. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Verdigre | - | Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail in Verdigre. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Verdigre | - | An NWS flood survey showed water depths in portions of town reach 1 to 3 feet. The flooding most affected the east portions of town, closest to the Verdigree Creek. Farm homes were flooded out. One was a fifth generation farm home. Property damage amounts for the entire county are in the Niobrara River flood entry. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Verdigre | - | The public reported penny size hail. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Verdigre | - | Quarter size hail fell east of Verdigre. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verdigre | - | The public reported that large healthy trees were blown down. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Verdigre | - | Winds were also estimated at 50 mph. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Verdigre | - | A brief tornado touched down in open field and caused no apparent damage. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Verdigre | - | The hail was mostly pea-size but a few up to penny-size were observed. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verdigre | - | Thunderstorm winds that were estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by small hail. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verdigre | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph caused tree and other damage from around 16 miles west of Verdigre into Verdigre. Sixteen KV transmission lines/poles were downed 16 miles west of Verdigre causing loss of power in several surrounding towns for around 3 hours, with trees or large tree limbs downed from that location into Verdigre. |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Verdigre | - | Rainfall of 2 to 4 inches caused flash flooding along sections of Verdigre Creek near Verdigre. A local park was flooded and the road leading into it was washed out. Farm fields and county roads were also flooded in the area. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verdigre | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down a 1 foot in diameter tree. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Verdigre | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verdigre | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph flipped and twisted a center pivot northwest of Verdigre. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Verdigre | - | The hail was accompanied by 30 to 40 mph and very heavy rain. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Verdigre | - | Thunderstorms dropped very heavy rain over parts of Knox county, especially near and southwest of Verdigre and rainfall of 4 to 5 inches was reported at a few locations. The heavy rain washed out a bridge southwest of Verdigre and also washed a culvert several hundred yards downstream. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Verdigre | - | A brief tornado was observed by a trained spotter in far southwestern Knox county. Before the touchdown, the storm produced several funnel cloud reports as it tracked south along the Holt and Knox county line. The tornado did little or no apparent damage. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Verdigre | - | The golfball size hail was accompanied by "strong winds and very heavy rain" according to a law enforcement official. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verdigre | - | The winds broke large trees around Verdigre. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Verdigre | - | Lightning strikes caused several small grass fires near Verdigre. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Verdigre | - | Brief touchdown. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Verdigre | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Verdigre | - | 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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Commercial Hotel, The | 3.8 miles | 1990 |
 | Z.C.B.J. Opera House | 4.0 miles | 1988 |
 | Ponca Tribal Self-Help Community Building Historic District | 4.7 miles | 2003 |
 | Niobrara River Bridge | 7.6 miles | 1992 |
| Niobrara River Bridge | 7.8 miles | 1992 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000773 in Record Group 79. |
| Knox County | All 14 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.