Lalino Stone Arch Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

“Lalino Stone Arch Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge located near Middleville in Herkimer County, New York. It was constructed in 1870 and spans Perkosky brook a tributary of Maltanner Creek, which empties into West Canada Creek.”
Wikipedia article Lalino Stone Arch Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 74 National Register listings published here for Herkimer County · listed in 2001 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. 319 NY 29, Middleville, 13406
When was it listed? December 2001
Category. structure
Town. Fairfield town
National Register reference number. 01001397 - 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

51 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Lalino Stone Arch Bridge between 1999 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 were 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	24
Arson/incendiarism	10
Natural	6
Smoking	3
Other causes	3
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
7 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	1.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 September 2020	Natural	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
7 August 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 August 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
12 August 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
6 July 2009	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
22 July 2016	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lalino Stone Arch Bridge: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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
	Middleville Number 6 Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
	Middleville Number 6 Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this property

22 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middleville, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 3 flood, 2 hail. 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
November 2019	Flood	Middleville	$380,000	Roads and a bridge were washed out in the Town of Fairfield, prompting swiftwater rescues. The bridge on Farrington Road was washed out, stranding the residents of four homes.
November 2019	Flood	Middleville	$110,000	The West Canada Creek reached a record high stage of 10.92 feet at Kast Bridge at 2315EST 31 October. It fell below major flood stage at 0400EST 1 November, then had a secondary crest, rising above major flood stage again at 1231EST 1 November. It remained above major flood stage until 1615EST 2 November, and fell below moderate flood stage by 0155EST 3 November. There was widespread flooding along the West Canada Creek between Middleville and Herkimer, resulting in the closure of Route 28. There was widespread flooding in the village of Middleville. Water entered structures with cars partially submerged. There were 27 evacuations as a result of the flooding. The West Canada Creek was nearing the road surface of the Route 28 bridge.
May 2000	Flash Flood	Middleville	$50,000	no account filed
August 2008	Flash Flood	Middleville	$10,000	Flash flooding resulted from very heavy rainfall in Middleville. Flooding was reported at the intersection of State Routes 169 and 29 at the intersection of Route 28 in Middleville. Some of this flooding was attributed to nearby Bridenbecker Creek flowing out of its banks.\|\|In addition, three homes on South Main Street, and two on Bridge Street experienced basement flooding.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Middleville	$5,000	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Middleville	$2,000	no account filed
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Middleville	-	A tree was downed blocking Castle Road near Hardscrabble Road in the Town of Fairfield.
September 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Middleville	-	There was a report of two downed trees which fell on rental cottages in the Herkimer Diamond Mines KOA Campground.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Middleville	-	Trees were downed on Fairfield Street.
October 2019	Flash Flood	Middleville	-	Route 28 was closed between Middleville and Poland due to flooding.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Middleville	-	Trees and wires downed.
November 2019	Flood	Middleville	-	Route 28 was closed between Middleville and Poland due to flooding.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Middleville	-	Tree and wires were reported down on Parkhurst Road in Middleville due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Middleville	-	Trees were reported to be sheared off and blown into a field in Middleville as a result of thunderstorm winds. In addition, trees and wires were reported down on Route 28 as well.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Middleville	-	Trees were reported down and blocking a road due to thunderstorm winds in Newport.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Middleville	-	Route 28 was closed in the town of Middleville due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
May 2011	Hail	Middleville	-	Quarter size hail (measured) was reported in Middleville during a thunderstrm by a WKTV spotter.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Middleville	-	A power pole was knocked down due to strong thunderstorm winds in Middleville.
August 2007	Hail	Middleville	-	Penny size hail, and one downed tree was reported on State Route 28 in Middleville.
July 2006	Flash Flood	Middleville	-	An emergency manager reported that flash flooding was occurring on the streets in Middleville.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Middleville	-	Multanner Creek out of its banks.
June 2002	Flash Flood	Middleville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Herkimer County

Maps showing this location

12 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1900 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1939 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Middleville quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1946 USGS Middleville quadrangle1:31680
1949 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Route 29 Stone Arch Bridge	0.2 miles	2001
Trinity Episcopal Church-Fairfield	1.7 miles	1993
Old City Road Stone Arch Bridge	2.8 miles	2001
Hildreth Homestead	3.3 miles	2020
James Keith House and Brown-Morey-Davis Farm	4.2 miles	2014
Masonic Temple-Newport Lodge No. 445 F. & A.M.	4.8 miles	2010

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 01001397 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Herkimer County	All 74 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.