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Photograph of Beaver Creek Bridge
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Beaver Creek Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

From the record

“Beaver Creek Bridge, also known as FM 2326 Bridge at Beaver Creek or WC2215-02-002, is a historic bridge built during 1925-1926 near Electra in Wichita County, Texas. It brings Farm-to-Market Road over Beaver Creek, connecting the Beaver Creek community with the Rock Crossing oilfield area in Wilbarger County.”

Wikipedia article Beaver Creek Bridge (Electra, Texas), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 14 National Register listings published here for Wichita County · listed in 1996 · category: Structure.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. FM 2326, 1 mi W of jct. with TX 25, Electra, 76360
  • When was it listed? October 1996
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Historic Bridges of Texas MPS
  • Census division. Electra
  • Architect. Texas Department of Transportation
  • National Register reference number. 96001104 - 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 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Creek Bridge between 2005 and 2020, burning about 8,019 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined26
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAZY J ROAD 3
22 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRADLEY RANCH
19 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use300 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRADLEY RANCH ROAD
15 August 2012Natural200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSWANSON RANCH
14 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use174 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAZY J #2
10 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,500 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAZY J ROAD
1 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2019014
1 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service39

Every fire recorded in Wichita 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 Beaver Creek Bridge: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rough Creek-1CopperOccurrence1873

Every working recorded in Wichita County

Storms near this property

60 of 116 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Electra, the town this property stands in, in 116 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 88 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2004Thunderstorm WindElectra$60,000A grain bin was damaged. The new Ag barn at Electra High School was damaged. A three car garage was destroyed. The roof of one home and signs across town were also damaged.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindElectra$25,000Part of Electra High School's FFA barn was blown down, and a garage was damaged.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindElectra$15,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindElectra$12,000Tree limbs and power lines were blown down and lying across Highway 287. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindElectra$5,000Several power poles snapped.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindElectra$4,000no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindElectra$2,000A few powerlines were downed.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindElectra$2,000no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindElectra$1,000Downed power lines in Electra.
May 2018HailElectra$1,000Also reported broken house windows.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindElectra$500A truck trailer was blown off US Highway 287.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindElectra$500Numerous trees were damaged or uprooted throughout Electra. Wind damage was also reported to roofs, outbuildings, and fences across town.
April 2026HailElectra-Reported by a broadcast media storm chaser. The location is approximate.
April 2024HailElectra-Relayed by amateur radio.
April 2024HailElectra-MPing report.
April 2024HailElectra-MPing report.
November 2023HailElectra-Social media image showing nickel to quarter size hail. Time is radar estimated.
May 2020HailElectra-Mping report.
May 2019HailElectra-EM reports nickel size hail at Highway 25 and 287.
September 2018Flash FloodElectra-One foot of water flowing over some city streets. Report by city official.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindElectra-No damage reported.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindElectra-Measured near County Line Rd and Highway 287. No damage reported.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindElectra-Spotter reports wind damage to silo and trees between Harrold and Electra. Winds estimated 80 to 90 mph.
May 2012HailElectra-No damage was reported.
April 2008Tornado (EF0)Electra-A brief tornado was observed by spotters near US highway 287 and County Line Road. No damage was reported.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindElectra-The wind gust was measured at HWY 287 and FM 2384.
October 2006FloodElectra-Moderate flooding occurred along Beaver Creek in southern Wilbarger and southwestern Wichita counties on October 15-17. Storm total precipitation amounts of 3 to 6 inches kept Beaver Creek in flood for over 2 days. Beaver Creek crested at 27.4 feet, 3.4 feet above flood stage, at 8:30 am CST on October 16, and remained above flood stage from 2:00 pm CST on October 15 until 11:45 pm CST on October 17. Some secondary roads and agricultural lands near the creek were inundated during this period.
May 2005HailElectra-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported at the intersection of Highway 25 and 287.
December 1999HailElectra-Hail was reported at the intersection of Highway 287 and Highway 25.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindElectra-Thunderstorms in the western part of north Texas during the morning hours on the 9th produced damaging winds and damaging lightning. Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree and a power pole in Electra, blew down a civil defense siren and fences, and broke off large tree limbs in Burkburnett, destroyed a storage building on the south side of Burkburnett, and knocked down several power poles, utility lines, and trees in Wichita Falls. Lightning hit an automobile just south of Burkburnett, injuring both occupants. Several chunks of pavement were broke loose and damage to the automobile was estimated at $1,000.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindElectra-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindElectra-no account filed
April 2021HailElectra-no account filed
April 2021HailElectra-no account filed
April 2021HailElectra-no account filed
April 2021HailElectra-no account filed
April 2020HailElectra-no account filed
April 2019HailElectra-no account filed
April 2019HailElectra-no account filed
April 2019HailElectra-no account filed
May 2018HailElectra-no account filed
May 2018HailElectra-no account filed
October 2017HailElectra-no account filed
October 2017HailElectra-no account filed
March 2017HailElectra-no account filed
March 2017HailElectra-no account filed
March 2017HailElectra-no account filed
May 2017HailElectra-no account filed
May 2017HailElectra-no account filed
April 2012HailElectra-no account filed
May 2012HailElectra-no account filed
May 2012HailElectra-no account filed
May 2012HailElectra-no account filed
May 2012HailElectra-no account filed
April 2011HailElectra-no account filed
April 2009HailElectra-no account filed
April 2008HailElectra-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindElectra-no account filed
June 2007HailElectra-no account filed
May 2006HailElectra-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wichita 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 recordThe nomination case file for reference 96001104 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wichita CountyAll 14 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.