BlockFrom the record
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Dewey County · listed in 2001 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Forest City Bridge
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. US trunk 212, La Plant, 57625
- When was it listed? November 2001
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Historic Bridges in South Dakota MPS; Historic Bridges in South Dakota MPS
- Unorganized territory. South Dewey
- National Register reference number. 01001217 - 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
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Forest City Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,075 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 September 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | BUFFALO |
| 30 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | BORDEAUX |
| 3 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.4 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | JAIME DX. |
| 24 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 750 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KULA |
| 24 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | WHITLOCK |
| 9 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cheyenne River Agency | MM203 |
| 9 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Cheyenne River Agency | FIBER |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Forest City Bridge: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Plant, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Plant | - | Estimated seventy mph winds downed many large tree branches. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Plant | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Plant | - | An estimated 70 mph wind brought down a few branches. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Plant | - | Eighty mph winds caused some damage to a mobile home. |
| June 2006 | Tornado (F0) | La Plant | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly in an open field and caused no damage. |
| August 1997 | Tornado (F0) | La Plant | - | The tornado touched down briefly. Path width and length were estimated. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Plant | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | La Plant | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01001217 in Record Group 79. |
| Dewey County | All 5 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.