Spring Valley Township Bridge No. E-31

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

From the record

“E-31 is a historic bridge in rural Turner County, South Dakota, carrying 447th Avenue across unnamed stream west of Viborg. Built in 1938, it was a well-preserved example of a stone bridge built for the county with funding from the Works Progress Administration.”
Wikipedia article Spring Valley Township Bridge No. E-31, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 29 National Register listings published here for Turner County · listed in 1999 · 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. Local Rd. over unnamed stream, Viborg, 57070
When was it listed? December 1999
Category. structure
Also known as. Historic Bridges in South Dakota MPS; Historic Bridges in South Dakota MPS
Township. Spring Valley township
National Register reference number. 99001440 - 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

21 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Spring Valley Township Bridge No. E-31 between 1999 and 2017, burning about 559 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	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
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 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
3 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	LOST
10 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	NELSON DITCH FIRE
3 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	14ARF25
19 August 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	250 acres	Philip Volunteer Fire Department	FORTUNE
6 April 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	HILL TOP FIRE
4 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
16 April 2017	Debris and open burning	18 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	HANSEN

Every fire recorded in Turner County

Storms near this property

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Viborg, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 18 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 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 2003	Tornado (F1)	Viborg	$1,000,000	A tornado destroyed small farm buildings, tore the roof off a barn, blew down trees, severely damaged at least two houses in Viborg, destroyed two garages, and damaged other structures including homes and a large propane tank.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Viborg	$10,000	A grain bin was knocked off base and flipped over. Property damage costs are rough estimates.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Viborg	$1,000	Several larger tree branches were taken down. Property damage costs are rough estimates.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Viborg	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds blew a golf cart across a parting lot, damaging the cart.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Viborg	$500	no account filed
June 2024	Flood	Viborg	-	Turkey Ridge Creek near Centerville rose above flood stage the morning of June 21st, cresting around 4.96 feet above flood stage (1211.96 feet) on June 22nd. Stream levels reaching the sensor elevation may have impacted the true crest value. This crest is in the Major Stage. The creek then fell below flood stage on the afternoon of June 26th. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for Turner County.
June 2020	Hail	Viborg	-	Strong winds up to 50 mph created considerable wind driven hail. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Viborg	-	Tree branches downed along with the occurrence of nickel size hail.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Viborg	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 3 inch diameter branches blown down.
June 2009	Tornado (EF0)	Viborg	-	A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
May 2005	Hail	Viborg	-	Large hail accumulated one to two inches.
July 2004	Tornado (F0)	Viborg	-	A brief tornado in an open field caused no reported damage.
June 2003	Tornado (F0)	Viborg	-	A weak tornado which formed on the edge of Viborg dissipated over farmland northwest of the town.
July 2023	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
May 2015	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Viborg	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
August 2005	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Viborg	-	no account filed
June 2000	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Viborg	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Turner 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.

Listed places nearby

2 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.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Salem Township Bridge Number E-1	5.2 miles	2000
	Wek Farmstead	5.4 miles	2004

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 99001440 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Turner County	All 29 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.