BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Big Stone County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Odessa Jail
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Main and Second Sts., Odessa, 56276
- When was it listed? July 1986
- Category. building
- City. Odessa city
- National Register reference number. 86001916 - 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
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Odessa Jail between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,667 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge | LEE |
| 30 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge | NE REFUGE |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge | DIMBERG-WF |
| 2 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge | BALER |
| 15 September 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge | KOCH |
| 15 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge | LUND WILDFIRE |
| 8 July 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge | TOUR RT |
| 25 June 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge | MUSKRAT |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Odessa Jail: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agate Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hillman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dakota Granite Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| View Quarry | Granite | Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Odessa, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 15 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | The time of the peak wind gust was estimated based on radar. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | Several branches were downed, and some shingles were blown off a roof by estimated 65 mph winds. |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Odessa | - | A tornado was photographed north of Odessa. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Odessa | - | Quarter size hail shredded some bean fields. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | Eighty mph winds dented several grain bins, took off a section of a machine shed roof, tipped over a grain auger, along with breaking some windows. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | Several power poles were snapped about four feet off the ground by very strong winds of over 100 mph. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | Sixty mph winds brought down several tree branches. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated near Odessa. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | Sixty mph winds downed several large tree branches. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Odessa | - | A tornado touched down east of Odessa and traveled through an open field causing no damage. Path length and width were estimated. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Odessa | - | Strong thunderstorm winds and large damaged cars and buildings in and around the Ortonville and Odessa areas. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Odessa | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odessa | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Big Stone County Courthouse | 6.4 miles | 1985 |
| Ortonville Commercial Historic District | 6.5 miles | 1985 | |
 | Columbian Hotel | 6.6 miles | 1985 |
 | Ortonville Free Library | 6.7 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86001916 in Record Group 79. |
| Big Stone County | All 9 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.