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15 National Register listings published here.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Hamlin County, South Dakota
19 topographic sheets cover 13 settlements here, and 15 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
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What the record shows
- 107 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 15 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 12 buildings and 3 structures.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 13 populated places in this county; 13 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Places on the National Register
15Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Masonic Lodge 118 | building | 2020 | 100005110 | |
| Estelline Bandstand and Gazebo Park | structure | 1999 | 99001434 | |
 | First National Bank of Norden | building | 2005 | 05001189 |
| First State Bank of Hazel | building | 1997 | 97000147 | |
| Garfield Lutheran Church and Cemetery | building | 2012 | 12000036 | |
 | Hamlin County Courthouse | building | 2000 | 00001225 |
 | M.O. Hanson Building | building | 2011 | 11000486 |
| Hendrick and Waldur Hendrickson Farm | building | 1985 | 85003485 | |
 | Hoffelt Drug Store | building | 2008 | 08000050 |
| Kant Hotel | building | 1985 | 85003449 | |
| Charles and Mary Lohr House | building | 1982 | 82003927 | |
| Old St. Mary's Catholic Parish House | building | 1988 | 88002840 | |
| South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 29-221-060 | structure | 1993 | 93001291 | |
| South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 29-279-010 | structure | 1993 | 93001292 | |
| Jacob and Amelia Tuohino Farm | building | 1985 | 85003495 |
Wildfire, 1999 to 2020
39 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 39 of them, burning about 561 acres. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 October 2008 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 29 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Hazel Volunteer Fire Department | BRYCE |
| 21 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Hazel Volunteer Fire Department | LAKNESS |
| 30 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LAKNESS |
| 17 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | EVERSON |
| 21 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1964 to 2025
60 of 375 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 375 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 16 injuries and about $1,676,400 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 192 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 93 |
| Flood | 45 |
| Tornado | 23 |
| Flash Flood | 18 |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Bridge | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $215,000 | Severe tree and structural damage occurred on Lake Poinsett with ninety mph winds. A woman was killed and her husband was seriously injured when their lake house was destroyed. A man was also hospitalized for electric shock. |
| April 1967 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 11 hurt, $2,500 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Castlewood | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Hazel | 1 hurt | The residents were outside when they saw the tornado quickly develop and were forced to seek shelter under a tractor. The tornado ripped the entire roof off of a newly built machine shed and also damaged the exterior walls. Debris was spread to the north, with sheet metal and pieces of rafters lofted into nearby trees. The tornado continued to track north northwest about a half mile. The tops of trees were snapped off in one shelterbelt and a clear path was evident in a second shelterbelt. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Castlewood | 1 hurt | Several eyewitnesses reported a small funnel/tornado descending, widening and developing very rapidly at the edge of Castlewood, SD. Damage was evident as soon as it reached the southern edge of town. A majority of the damage occurred between 3rd Avenue and 4th Avenue. On Market Street, a small funeral home visitation center was completely blown off its foundation. Debris from the funeral home was tossed to the north, including the air conditioning unit which was tossed into a yard one block to the north. A garage was destroyed and completely blown from its foundation on Allen Street. The next block to the north, a home lost a roof and sustained significant damage to external walls. Another garage on this street was completely blown off the foundation and destroyed. Similar damage was noted a block north on Main Street. Another home lost an entire roof and partial collapse of external walls. Yet another garage was destroyed as it slid off the foundation. The next block north, on Alice Street, significant roof damage was noted to several homes and another garage was completely shifted off of the foundation. One particular residence had a roof that appeared to be slightly rotated and was sagging. The Castlewood Elementary school, situated between Harry Street and Pear Street, sustained significant damage to the school and gymnasium roof. Damage was also sustained to sections of the brick external walls. The school bus shed was completely destroyed with loss of|the roof and external walls. North of the school, on Prairie Street, a residence sustained significant damage. At this property, a garage was completely destroyed, and a shed was tossed in the air landing upside down. The home itself lost the entire roof and the |south facing external walls collapsed. The tornado would continue to track north across an open field and across US Highway 22. Additional debris and tree damage was noted a mile north of US Highway 22 before the tornado lifted. Throughout the entire path of the tornado there were uprooted and snapped trees and significant siding and roof damage to homes. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Hazel | $800,000 | Snowmelt flooding damaged many roads and highways, including U.S. Highway 81, throughout Hamlin County. Many roads were closed throughout the county. In the late evening of April 13th on U.S Highway 81, a car with four people inside went through a flooded area at a high rate of speed and ended up in the flooded ditch. They all got out with no injuries. |
| July 1981 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Flood | Hazel | $201,900 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Hazel | $50,000 | Many township roads were flooded throughout Hamlin county with several of the roads being washed out. |
| March 2009 | Flash Flood | Lake Norden | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Castlewood | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Hail | Bryant | $30,000 | Hail caused considerable damage to crops, mainly corn and soybeans. The crop loss was estimated to be 50 percent over three townships. The hail caused relatively minor property damage. |
| July 1986 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down branches and in a path 150 feet wide and 500 feet long. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estelline Muni Arpt | - | A caller stated that a large limb had come down with thunderstorm winds in the town of Estelline. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Estelline Muni Arpt | - | Hamlin county emergency management posted photos of flooded fields, ditches full and water running over 465th Ave north of Estelline. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Norden | - | The Hamlin county Emergency Manager estimated winds up to 65 mph and nickel to quarter sized hail. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Hayti | - | A COOP observer reported one-inch hail as a storm moved over Hayti. |
| July 2025 | Flood | Castlewood | - | The Big Sioux River near Castlewood went into flood during the evening of July 27th, rising over three feet in four hours due to heavy rainfall from thunderstorms. The COOP observer in Castlewood recorded 5.61 inches of rain. The river crested at 11.44 feet, which is 2.44 feet above flood stage. The water inundated mainly farmland and pasture, and overtopped portions of 184th Street. The river remained in flood through the end of the month and into August. |
| August 2025 | Flood | Castlewood | - | The Big Sioux River near Castlewood entered flood stage around mid-day on August 6th. The river would crest at 1030 pm on August 7th at 10.63 feet, or 1.63 feet above flood stage. The river stayed in flood through the morning of August 10th. Flooding was mainly confined to low-lying agricultural lands north of Castlewood, though a portion of 184th street flooded. |
| August 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Hazel | - | A tornado touched down over cropland just east of 439th Ave and about a half-mile south of 183rd St. The tornado tracked northeast, crossing 183rd St. Tree damage was noted just before the tornado then crossed 440th Ave. The tornado crossed a farmstead where several empty grain bins were detached from their foundations and destroyed. The last evidence of the tornado was in a crop field roughly a half mile north of this farm and less than a mile southwest of the town of Hazel. |
| August 2025 | Flood | Stone Bridge | - | A trained spotter reported flooding in the Lake Poinsett area, with water over some roadways. |
| August 2025 | Flood | Stone Bridge | - | The Hamlin County Sheriffs Office reports numerous secondary roads have water over them including 465th Ave. north of Estelline. |
| August 2025 | Flood | Castlewood | - | The Big Sioux near Castlewood would go into flood on August 22nd during the morning hours, cresting at 11.42 or 2.42 feet above flood stage on the morning of August 24th. The river would remain in flood through the evening of August 27th. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryant | - | The public reported that a tree branch had come down due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castlewood | - | A member of the public reported tree branches down from thunderstorm winds estimated near 60 mph. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Bridge | - | Campers tipped over by estimated 70 mph winds. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estelline Muni Arpt | - | The public estimated wind gusts ranged from 50 to 60 mph. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Bryant | - | Sheriff reports flooding south of the intersection of 443rd ave and 191st street. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Hazel | - | A few roads, including County Road 465 north of Estelline, had water across the roadway from overland flooding. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Appleby | - | The Big Sioux river near Castlewood crested at 11.65 feet, well into moderate flood stage. This overtopped a road in addition to flooding agricultural lands. |
| August 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Hayti | - | A storm chaser reported a funnel cloud which lasted approximately 2 minutes, and that no surface circulation was observed. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Bridge | - | A trained spotter estimated wind speeds of 60 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estelline Muni Arpt | - | Roof and tree damage was noted, including uprooted trees. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Bridge | - | One mile of power lines were snapped with winds estimated at 80 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Norden | - | Public estimated wind speeds of 80 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Bridge | - | Damage to building by estimated 80 mph winds. |
| June 2022 | Flood | Thomas | - | The Big Sioux River near Castlewood was in minor flood stage from the end of May through the evening of June 4th. It crested at 10.68 feet at 5pm on June 1st. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Dempster | - | Eyewitness reported a brief tornado touchdown which did only minor damage to a cattle shed. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Estelline Muni Arpt | - | Reported by law enforcement and trained spotters, estimated 80 mph wind gusts damaged several buildings and trees. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayti | - | An estimated wind of 60 mph was reported. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryant | - | Tree damage was reported in Bryant by estimated 65 mph winds. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomas | - | Estimated sixty mph winds brought some branches down. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayti | - | Estimated eighty mph winds took the roof off a bus barn, damaged a daycare roof, and downed trees and branches in Hayti. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Norden | - | Estimated sixty mph winds damaged the awnings on some campers and knocked down some tents. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Norden | - | Estimated seventy mph winds caused tree and property damage. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Hazel | - | Snowmelt flooded several roads throughout Hamlin county especially along the Big Sioux River. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomas | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryant | - | A large, sturdy ash tree with estimated one foot diameter trunk was knocked over. |
| September 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Thomas | - | The tornado started south of Thomas and tracked northeast across farm fields. Trees and outdoor lawn items were damaged after the tornado crossed Highway 22 and before crossing Clear Lake. The tornado moved off the lake, crossed a cornfield and proceeded to damage several metal beams on a quonset barn. Finally, several outbuildings and a silo were damaged on a farm before additional trees were uprooted in a shelter belt. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomas | - | Eighty mph winds downed 16 to 20 power poles southeast of Thomas. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castlewood | - | Eighty mph winds downed multiple trees blocking the intersection of Highways 81 and 22. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Norden | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Norden | - | Eighty mph winds flipped five campers along Lake Poinsett with one camper starting on fire. Search and rescue located the one person that was missing. No injuries occurred as a result. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayti | - | Seventy mph winds uprooted a tree and downed many large tree limbs. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Hayti | - | Heavy rains of 2 to 4 inches brought some flash flooding north of Hayti. A county road was flooded for several hours. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Hazel | - | Very heavy rains of 3 to 4 inches had resulted in full ditches, culverts running full, along with several roads and a county highway being overtopped. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Estelline Muni Arpt | - | Very heavy rains of 4 to 5 inches brought flash flooding of several streets and roads in and around Estelline. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Castlewood | - | Heavy rains of up to 4 inches caused the flooding of a few roads south of Castlewood. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Castlewood | - | Portions of county road 463 were underwater from flash flooding. |
Mines and quarries
20 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 20 workings inside this county. 4 still produce and 16 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 20 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chets Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Garvin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
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| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
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| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hamlin County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Highway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stanley Lee Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tuhino Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Every populated place in the county
13Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
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Lake Norden
Lake Norden city · 57248 · On Dolph Creek · Lake Norden quadrangle
8 sheets, 1953 to 1985
Provenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- 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.