Opossum Creek Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Nowata County · listed in 2009 · category: Structure.

Sources: 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. Co. Rd. NS-413 over Opossum Creek, South Coffeyville, 74072
When was it listed? March 2009
Category. structure
Census division. South Coffeyville-Wann
National Register reference number. 09000077 - 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

10 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Opossum Creek Bridge between 2015 and 2018, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Debris and open burning	2
Other causes	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
4 April 2015	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Kansas Forest Service	1520058
6 March 2018	Other causes	7.0 acres	Kansas Forest Service	1820054
18 March 2018	Other causes	under an acre	Kansas Forest Service	1820068
15 March 2015	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Kansas Forest Service	1520038
14 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Kansas Forest Service	1520036
8 February 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kansas Forest Service	1520013
6 February 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kansas Forest Service	109
27 February 2016	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Kansas Forest Service	1620048

Every fire recorded in Nowata County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Opossum Creek Bridge: 14 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Peerless Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Nowata County

Storms near this property

38 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Coffeyville, the town this property stands in, in 38 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 19 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 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
April 2012	Flash Flood	South Coffeyville	$50,000	Very heavy rainfall resulted in widespread flash flooding. A few homes were flooded and multiple roads were barricaded in town due to high water.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	$20,000	Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roofs of homes, and blew down power lines.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	$10,000	Power lines were blown down and a barn collapsed at County Road 1 and 416 due to strong thunderstorm wind.
November 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	$7,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Several metal sheds were destroyed.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power poles and large trees limbs. Windows were also blown out of a few buildings.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	$2,000	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees and power lines down.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	$1,000	no account filed
May 2020	Flood	South Coffeyville	-	The Verdigris River near Lenapah rose above its flood stage of 30 feet at 2:15 pm CDT on May 15th. The river crested at 32.86 feet at 9:00 pm CDT on the 16th, resulting in moderate flooding. Agricultural land along the river was flooded from near the Kansas state line to the headwaters of Lake Oologah. Highway 10 was impassable east of Lenapah. The river fell below flood stage at 12:30 am CDT on the 18th.
October 2014	Flood	South Coffeyville	-	The Verdigris River near Lenapah rose above its flood stage of 30 feet at 8:45 am CDT on October 10th. The river crested at 33.82 feet at 4:45 am CDT on the 11th, resulting in moderate flooding. Agricultural land along the river was flooded from near the Kansas state line to the headwaters of Lake Oologah. Highway 10 was impassable east of Lenapah. The river fell below flood stage at 4:30 pm CDT on the 11th.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	-	A tree was uprooted by strong thunderstorm wind.
May 2013	Tornado (EF0)	South Coffeyville	-	This tornado damaged a number of trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 80 to 85 mph.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	-	The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph.
October 2009	Flash Flood	South Coffeyville	-	Numerous small creeks flooded roads in and around Nowata as well as across rural areas of the county. Some of these roads remained flooded through the morning of the 9th.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb. The tree limb blocked a road.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs.
May 2002	Flash Flood	South Coffeyville	-	Heavy thunderstorm rains caused severe street flooding in South Coffeyville and flooded several rural roads near South Coffeyville.
May 2000	Flash Flood	South Coffeyville	-	Heavy rains caused street flooding.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
April 1998	Hail	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
March 1996	Hail	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
June 1995	Hail	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
May 1993	Hail	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
May 1993	Hail	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
May 1993	Tornado (F0)	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed
March 1993	Hail	South Coffeyville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nowata County

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 09000077 in Record Group 79.
Nowata County	All 6 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.