BlockFrom the record
One of 1 National Register listings published here for Knox County · listed in 1996 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
State Highway 16 Bridge at the Brazos River
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. TX 6, 6 mi. S of jct. with US 82, Benjamin
- When was it listed? October 1996
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Historic Bridges of Texas MPS
- National Register reference number. 96001123 - 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
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of State Highway 16 Bridge at the Brazos River between 2010 and 2017, burning about 66 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH 6 DITCH FIRE |
| 7 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUKE GRASS FIRE |
| 17 February 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2534 FIRE |
| 24 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Storms near this property
60 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Benjamin, the town this property stands in, in 63 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 38 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Benjamin | $10,000 | Significant yard flooding reported, with water nearing porches of houses. 3 to 4 inches of water was flowing over the road near the intersection of Texas State Highways 82 and 6. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | $5,000 | Report of trees and signs blown down in Benjamin. Time estimated via radar. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | $2,000 | Power poles were downed. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | $50 | Several tree limbs were snapped. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | - | Personal weather station observation. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | - | Personal weather station observation. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | - | Personal weather station measurement. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | - | Estimated wind gust. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Benjamin | - | Heavy rainfall caused flooding along portions of Texas State Highway 82 and adjacent portions of CR 1115 North west of Benjamin. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Benjamin | - | Hailfall likely occurred prior to report (1915-1920 CST). |
| May 2015 | Flood | Benjamin | - | Several inches of water over area roads. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | - | Measured sustained winds of 55 mph with a gust to 60 mph. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Benjamin | - | The hail was reported on Highway 6. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Benjamin | - | A moderate flood crest occurred along the South Wichita River in Knox County near Benjamin, TX on October 15-17. The South Wichita River crested at 15.9 feet, 3.9 feet above flood stage, at 7:00 am CST on October 16, and remained above flood stage from 2:30 am CST on October 15 to 10:00 pm CST on October 16. Flooding of agricultural lands along the river in Knox County occurred during this event. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Benjamin | - | Flash flooding initially occurred along the South Wichita River in Knox County during the afternoon of August 14 when the river overtopped its banks, 4 miles north of Benjamin, and flooded areas near the river. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | - | A storm chaser observed a gustnado north of Benjamin. This brief gustnado was approximately 40 yards wide and moved across open country. |
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Benjamin | - | Highway 82 between Benjamin and Seymour was closed due to high water. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | - | Evening thunderstorms produced severe straight-line winds in Baylor and Knox Counties. Wind speeds were estimated as high as 70 mph in Westover in Baylor County. In Knox County in Benjamin, severe thunderstorm winds blew a grain elevator over onto nearby power lines, and an hour later, downed limbs as large as five inches in diameter. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Flash Flood | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Benjamin | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benjamin | - | 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 96001123 in Record Group 79. |
| Knox County | All 1 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.