Mueller Bridge

Built in 1915. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

From the record

“The Mueller Bridge near La Vernia, Texas, also known as Bridge at McAlister Crossing, is a Warren polygonal chord truss bridge that was built in 1915. It was built by the Alamo Construction Co.”
Wikipedia article Mueller Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Wilson County · listed in 2007 · category: Structure · built in 1915.

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. CR 337 over Cibolo Cr., La Vernia, 78121
When was it listed? October 2007
Category. structure
Also known as. Historic Bridges of Texas MPS
Census division. La Vernia
When was it built? 1915
National Register reference number. 07001094 - 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

114 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Mueller Bridge between 2005 and 2015, burning about 886 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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
Debris and open burning	55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	28
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Arson/incendiarism	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Natural	3
Smoking	2
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
8 September 2008	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
5 September 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	MOORE FIRE
29 September 2008	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
19 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	WOODCREEK POND FIRE
18 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HARTFEILD RD
13 September 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
1 September 2010	Natural	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CHAMPIONS STRIKE FIRE
30 August 2009	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BOTTOMLESS GROUND FIRE

Every fire recorded in Wilson County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mueller Bridge: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	Unnamed Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Clay

Every working recorded in Wilson County

Storms near this property

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Vernia, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 18 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 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
May 2000	Tornado (F1)	La Vernia	$80,000	A small tornado struck a semi-rural area just southwest of the town of LaVernia. It damaged or destroyed several trees and caused damage to around a dozen homes. In a few cases, it pulled very large, old oak trees with diameters over two feet out of the ground. An NWS survey revealed that the tornado was apparently lifting up and touching down along much of its half-mile path.
November 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	La Vernia	$80,000	Severe thunderstorm winds damaged mobile homes, and blew down power lines south and southwest of LaVernia.
May 2013	Tornado (EF0)	La Vernia	$25,000	The brief tornado affected a dozen homes and aluminum carports in the Country Garden and Woodcreek communities of La Vernia. The tornado formed in an open field near the intersection of Woodcreek Dr. and Bluff Creek Rd. in Woodcreek. It then traveled north before dissipating. Straight line winds from the same storm produced additional damage further north along Country Gardens Rd., but damage ended just short of Bluebonnet Rd. (FM 775). Maximum winds are estimated to be 70 mph.
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	La Vernia	$15,000	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that damaged four houses in La Vernia. The damage included a tipped over carport, broken fences, and roof damage.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	La Vernia	$5,000	Wind damage reported to outbuildings. Several trees uprooted by the severe winds.
March 1993	Hail	La Vernia	$5,000	Golfball-size hail was reported by the public southwest of La Vernia along with minor roof damage.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	La Vernia	$3,000	Trees were uprooted with large limbs broken off by severe winds.
April 2023	Hail	La Vernia	-	A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail east of La Vernia.
April 2020	Hail	La Vernia	-	A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near La Vernia.
June 2019	Flash Flood	La Vernia	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Dry Hollow Rd. at the Dry Hollow Creek crossing outside of La Vernia.
April 2018	Hail	La Vernia	-	A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail at the Pizza Hut at Hwy 87 and FM 1346 in La Vernia.
April 2018	Hail	La Vernia	-	A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail east of La Vernia.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	La Vernia	-	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that caused widespread wind damage in and around La Vernia.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	La Vernia	-	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that snapped around a dozen trees and damaged a fence in the Lake Valley Estates Subdivision in La Vernia. There was also nickel size hail with this storm.
April 2015	Hail	La Vernia	-	Penny sized hail was reported at a Grocery Store in La Vernia, Texas.
October 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	La Vernia	-	A citizen reported damage to their mobile home and barn, as well as damage to adjacent properties.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	La Vernia	-	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that ripped the roof off a mobile home.
May 2009	Flash Flood	La Vernia	-	Portion of FM 539 was closed due to high water.
April 2009	Hail	La Vernia	-	Golf ball size hail was reported near FM539 and FM2772.
July 2007	Flash Flood	La Vernia	-	A cluster of thunderstorms stretching from near Pearsall in Frio County across southern Bexar County and northern Atascosa County, through Seguin and Stockdale to Gonzales produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals and spotty flash flooding problems. FM2772 and FM775 were closed due to high water in Wilson County.
February 1998	Tornado (F0)	La Vernia	-	A brief tornado was observed by HAM radio spotters.
May 2016	Hail	La Vernia	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	La Vernia	-	no account filed
May 2015	Hail	La Vernia	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	La Vernia	-	no account filed
September 2011	Hail	La Vernia	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	La Vernia	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	La Vernia	-	no account filed
April 2001	Hail	La Vernia	-	no account filed
March 1999	Hail	La Vernia	-	no account filed
February 1998	Hail	La Vernia	-	no account filed
February 1998	Hail	La Vernia	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wilson 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

1 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
	Whitehall	2.8 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 07001094 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wilson County	All 4 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.