Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
“The US 190 Bridge at the Colorado River, near Lometa, Texas, brings U.S. Route 190 across the Colorado River between Lampasas County, Texas and San Saba County, Texas.”
Wikipedia article US 190 Bridge at the Colorado River, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Lampasas County · listed in 1996 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of US 190 Bridge at the Colorado River between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,294 acres in total. 1 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 128 |
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | 1,150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOMETA RANCH FIRE |
| 19 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWERLINE |
| 10 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONG FIRE |
| 8 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N 190 |
| 26 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KILAIN |
| 16 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBERT STEWART |
| 7 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lometa, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2016: 17 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 6 injuries. 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 | Lometa | 6 hurt, $5,000,000 | A downburst that caused F2-like damage hit Lometa and areas up to three miles to the east. Wind speeds were estimated at 115 mph by the survey team, based on the damage pattern. Virtually every structure in town received damage, either from high winds or wind-driven baseball-size hail. The damage path through Lometa was north-to-south with buildings facing north having paint sand-blasted off from the wind. One house, one mile east of Lometa, had holes in steel siding from wind-driven hail. Trees three to four feet in diameter were blown down. On the west side of town, a tractor-semitrailer was blown over and pushed 20 feet before coming to rest. One mobile home, which was tied down, was not blown over by the wind, but in the center of the mobile home, where there were no tie downs, the damage was severe. The mobile home was still destroyed, but there were no injuries as the residents had taken shelter elsewhere before the storm struck. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Lometa | $500,000 | The severe thunderstorm which struck Lometa was accompanied by wind-driven golf ball to baseball-size hail. Considerable damage was reported on the north side of structures, with penetration of roofs and even steel siding in one instance. Crops in the area of the wind-driven hail were destroyed. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lometa | $20,000 | Grapefruit-size hail reported in Bend. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lometa | $15,000 | A horse trailer on a property west of Lometa was overturned and tossed through a fence. Several large trees were uprooted at Lometa Regional Park and additional large trees, including cedar trees, were uprooted in and around Lometa. The sign at the Church of Hills was blown out of its concrete base. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Lometa | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lometa | $8,000 | Sixty to seventy mph wind gusts were estimated 3 miles west of Lometa. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Lometa | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Lometa | - | Four feet of water was over the intersection of FM 581 and CR 2600. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Lometa | - | The following areas were closed due to high water: CR 2200 at CR 2600, School Creek Crossing at CR 2200, and Barkley Road at CR 2080. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lometa | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged an outbuilding. No dollar estimate of damage was reported. |
| October 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Lometa | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported in Northern Lampasas County by the Department of Public Safety. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Hail | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Lometa | - | no account filed |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lometa | - | no account filed |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96001125 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lampasas County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
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