BlockFrom the record
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Caldwell County · listed in 1996 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
State Highway 3-A Bridge at Plum Creek
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. US 90--US 183, .5 mi. W of jct. with I-10, Luling, 78648
- When was it listed? October 1996
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Historic Bridges of Texas MPS
- Census division. Luling
- National Register reference number. 96001107 - 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
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of State Highway 3-A Bridge at Plum Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 963 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 115 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TWIDWELL FIRE |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 104 |
| 24 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MULE CREEK ROAD FIRE |
| 15 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH-10 |
| 7 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOCKHART COMMAND |
| 30 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH-10 @ US 80 |
| 3 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1322 |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of State Highway 3-A Bridge at Plum Creek: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
Storms near this property
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Luling, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luling | $500,000 | Extensive tree and powerline damage due to winds. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luling | $100,000 | As the line of thunderstorms associated with the late season cold front moved southward into Caldwell County, they produced severe winds that damaged roofs and windows of buildings in Luling. Portions of one building were blown over onto a trailer by the strong winds. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Luling | $100,000 | Damage was reported to numerous vehicles due to the 1.5 inch hail in Luling. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Luling | $50,000 | Numerous roads and low water crossings flooded across the county. Emergency vehicles were unable to respond to some calls for assistance due to impassable roads. Two swift water rescues were performed. One was located on Caldwell Road near Highway 21 involving one person and a nearly submerged vehicle. Another was located on a county road near the Hays county border. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luling | $50,000 | The severe thunderstorm exited Bastrop County, still moving southwestward, and approached the town of Luling. There it produced a downburst that knocked over trees and blew down power lines. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luling | $50,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down power lines in the Luling area. One building collapsed as a result of the downburst. The storms also produced large hail across the county. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luling | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luling | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luling | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down trees in Luling. |
| January 2024 | Hail | Luling | - | A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail near Hwy 183 and I-10 southeast of Luling. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Luling | - | Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Harvey produced flash flooding leading to a water rescue on FM 1322 outside of Luling. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luling | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that blew a tree down. |
| April 2010 | Flash Flood | Luling | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding north and east of Luling. On FM 1322, Plum Creek Bridge and the intersection with McNeil Road were closed and County Road 129 was completely flooded. |
| July 2007 | Flood | Luling | - | San Marcos below Luling crested at 31.3 ft on 07/21 at 1300cst, where flood stage is 25 ft. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Luling | - | The San Marcos River below Luling crested at 26.19 ft at 1730 CST on March 31, where flood stage is 20 ft. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Luling | - | The San Marcos River below Luling crested at 31.75 ft at 0715 CST on March 12, where flood stage is 20 ft. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luling | - | Trees were knocked down by severe thunderstorms winds near Luling. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Luling | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Luling | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Luling | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Luling | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Luling | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Luling | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Luling | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Luling | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zedler Mill Historic District | 3.1 miles | 2024 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96001107 in Record Group 79. |
| Caldwell County | All 7 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.