Built in 1940 (National Park Service rustic). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Big Stone County · listed in 2004 · category: Site · built in 1940, National Park Service rustic, by Arthur R. Nichols.
Sources: 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 1 fire within 5 miles of Graceville Historical Marker in 2012, burning about 265 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 265 acres | Morris National Wildlife Refuge | HOFFMAN |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Graceville, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail. 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 2024 | Hail | Graceville | - | Hail stones were estimated at 3 inches, resulting in blown out windows and damage to the roof at the residence. Windows on vehicles were also smashed. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | An estimated sixty mph wind took the top off an evergreen tree. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | Eighty mph winds collapsed the walls of a machine shed. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | Seventy mph winds damaged a grain elevator. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | Winds to 70 mph blew down some trees near Graceville. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | Winds gusting to 60 mph downed a large tree at Tocqua Park near Graceville. The tree fell on a camper and destroyed it. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Graceville | - | A 1 by 2 square mile area of soybeans was destroyed. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Graceville | - | The combination of large hail and strong winds destroyed over 120,000 acres of crops. Estimated damage costs were up to $15 million across Big Stone County |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graceville | - | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Milwaukee Chicago St. Paul and Pacific Depot | 7.5 miles | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04001358 in Record Group 79. |
| Big Stone County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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