Harding County, South Dakota

25 topographic sheets cover 10 settlements here, and 13 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

13 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

South Dakota within the United States

Harding County within South Dakota

What the record shows

67 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
13 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 13 buildings.
The Geographic Names Information System records 10 populated places in this county; 10 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Thomas Ashcroft Ranch	building	1987	87000547
Blake Ranch House	building	1987	87000534
Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Cemetery	building	1987	87000531
Fowler Hotel	building	2008	08000886
Giannonatti Ranch	building	1987	87000546
Golden Valley Norwegian Lutheran Church	building	1987	87000548
Axel Johnson Ranch	building	1987	87000541
Little Missouri Bank Building	building	1987	87000536
John and Daisy May Livingston Ranch	building	1987	87000542
Peace Valley Evangelical Church and Cemetery	building	1987	87000550
L. W. Shevling Ranch	building	1987	87000537
Oliver O. Stokes House	building	1987	87000532
Vessey School	building	1987	87000553

Wildfire, 1993 to 2020

410 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 410 of them, burning about 64,094 acres. 264 started naturally and 3 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	264
Equipment and vehicle use	55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	55
Power generation/transmission/distribution	9
Debris and open burning	9
Other causes	5
Recreation and ceremony	5
Arson/incendiarism	3
Fireworks	2
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
28 March 2015	Natural	13,950 acres	Montana/Dakotas State Office	SHEEP DRAW
31 October 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	5,900 acres	Ludlow Volunteer Fire Department	JOE TILL
17 September 2000	Natural	5,000 acres	Camp Crook Volunteer Fire Department	PRICE FIRE
1 April 2015	Power generation/transmission/distribution	2,829 acres	Custer Gallatin National Forest	MOONSHINE
16 July 2002	Power generation/transmission/distribution	2,500 acres	Sorum/Reva Volunteer Fire Department	PAINTER
16 July 2002	Power generation/transmission/distribution	2,400 acres	Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department	TRAVERS
27 August 2003	Natural	2,339 acres	Miles City Field Office	MEAT HOOK
6 November 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	1,600 acres	Camp Crook Volunteer Fire Department	DOUG DAHL

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1957 to 2025

60 of 749 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 749 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $1,334,750 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Hail	357
Thunderstorm Wind	346
Tornado	22
Flood	14
Flash Flood	5
Wildfire	4
Heavy Rain	1

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
May 2011	Flood	Ladner	$300,000	Record flooding occurred on the Little Missouri River from the Montana state line southwest of Camp Crook to the North Dakota state line. Homes and rural roads along the river were inundated. The river gage crested at a record stage of 19.27 feet, which is 7.27 feet over flood stage, exceeding the stage of 17.67 feet set in 2009. The highest flow was 19,400 cubic feet per second.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$200,000	The combination of large hail and strong wind gusts caused property damage in Buffalo.
May 2019	Flood	Ladner	$100,000	Runoff from heavy rain caused minor flooding throughout Harding County. Minor flooding was reported along the upper portions of the Grand River; Little Missouri River; and around Buffalo, Reva, and Ladner. The Little Missouri River crested a little over two feet above flood stage at the SD Highway 20 bridge on May 23, with a peak flow just over 5000 cfs.
June 2014	Flood	Reva	$100,000	Three to five inches of rain caused significant flooding along Alkali Creek, Rabbit Creek, and the South Fork of the Moreau River and their tributaries. Several roads were flooded, including Jefferson Road southeast of Reva, Harding Road, and Camp Crook Road.
September 2013	Flash Flood	Ludlow	$100,000	Three to five inches of rain was reported over northeastern Harding County. Runoff from the heavy rain inundated many roads, driveways, and fields in the area.
June 2008	Flood	Ralph	$100,000	The Little Missouri River at Camp Crook crested at 14.04 feet, about 2 feet above flood stage. Minor flooding was reported around Camp Crook, Redig, and along the north fork of the Moreau River. Highway 79 was closed from Reva, south to the Butte County line.
July 1994	Hail	not stated	$50,000	Widespread hail accumulated on roads, broke windows in several homes, and damaged some vehicles.
July 2012	Hail	Camp Crook	$50,000	no account filed
July 2012	Hail	Buffalo	$25,000	Hail covered U.S. Highway 85; the ground was completely white from hail.
July 1969	Tornado (F4)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Ladner	$20,000	Several lambs were killed by golf ball size hail.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ralph	$20,000	The combination of hail and wind broke windows, destroyed a Quonset hut, and blew several 1700 pound hay bales off a stack.
June 2011	Tornado (EF0)	Redig	$20,000	A small tornado destroyed part of a barn, rolled large steel calf shelters, blew down steel stockade walls, and lifted a calf shelter over a nine foot fence.
July 2011	Hail	Buffalo	$20,000	Large hail damaged home, automobiles, and roof of an outbuilding.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	(2wx)Buffalo	$20,000	no account filed
June 1999	Tornado (F1)	Ladner	$15,000	Tornado moved across a ranch. 15 sheep were killed when they were picked up and thrown through a barbed wire fence into a pond. Cattle stockades were destroyed and a grain bin anchored in concrete was picked up and thrown several yards. Storm path and width were provided by a local pilot who flew over the area the following morning.
March 2014	Flood	Ladner	$10,000	Minor flooding occurred along the Little Missouri River due to ice jams. The river gauge at Camp Crook crested at 16.2 feet, or 4.2 feet above flood stage. Outbuildings and agricultural land in the area were flooded.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ralph	$10,000	Strong winds blew 500 gallon tanks off their stands, destroyed a Quonset hut, and moved a mobile home off its foundation.
July 2011	Hail	Camp Crook	$10,000	Softball sized hail fell.
July 2003	Hail	Redig	$10,000	Large hail damaged the roof of a house.
July 2011	Hail	Buffalo	$10,000	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Camp Crook	$10,000	no account filed
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Ladner	$10,000	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Harding	$7,500	no account filed
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Camp Crook	$5,000	Wind-driven hail broke all the windows of a house.
September 2013	Hail	Ralph	$5,000	The combination of large hail and gusty winds broke windows and skylights in a home and destroyed a garden.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Camp Crook	$5,000	The combination of hail and wind caused minor property damage.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$5,000	The combination of hail and wind caused minor damage.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Reva	$5,000	Strong wind gusts blew hail through windows in a house and school building.
July 2011	Tornado (EF1)	Reva	$5,000	A tornado touched down west of the Slim Buttes in eastern Harding County and tracked eastward, dissapating prior to reaching SD Highway 79. Trees and a semi-trailer were blown over at a ranch west of the Slim Buttes. A rancher reported trees snapped along Jones Creek east of the Slim Buttes.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$5,000	Windows were blown out of a house and numerous trees were downed.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$5,000	Widespread hail accumulated on roads, broke windows in several homes, and damaged some vehicles.
August 2014	Hail	Redig	$5,000	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Ludlow	$5,000	no account filed
September 2013	Hail	Ralph	$5,000	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Ludlow	$5,000	no account filed
September 2010	Hail	Redig	$5,000	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Harding	$5,000	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$4,000	Power company reported 4 power poles blown over.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Redig	$3,000	A workshop collapsed during a thunderstorm.
June 1957	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Redig	$2,000	Wind tore part of the roof off a trailer house.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Redig	$2,000	The combination of hail and wind caused minor damage.
May 1998	Hail	Redig	$2,000	Hail broke several windows.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Ladner	$2,000	no account filed
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Reva	$1,000	Wind-driven hail broke windows.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Camp Crook	$1,000	Strong wind gusts damaged a fence and blew down many tree branches.
July 2003	Hail	Ladner	$1,000	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Harding	$1,000	no account filed
June 1994	Hail	Camp Crook	$500	Minor window damage.
August 1962	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$250	no account filed
June 2025	Hail	Ladner	-	Public confirmed hail size.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	(2wx)Buffalo	-	ASOS recorded wind gust.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ladner	-	SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ladner	-	SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ludlow	-	SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ludlow	-	SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ladner	-	SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ralph	-	SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ralph	-	SD mesonet recorded wind gust.

Mines and quarries

106 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 106 workings inside this county. 16 still produce and 90 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Uranium	85
Lignite	17
Sand and Gravel, Construction	11
Uranium, Lignite	4
Stone, Crushed/Broken	2
Petroleum (Oil), Natural Gas, Uranium, Bloating Material, Stone, Crushed/Broken	1
Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lignite	1
Petroleum (Oil), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Natural Gas, Bloating Material, Uranium	1
Petroleum (Oil), Lignite	1
Bloating Material, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction	1
Natural Gas, Petroleum (Oil), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium	1
Natural Gas, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Petroleum (Oil)	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Buffalo Quad	Lignite, Petroleum (Oil), Natural Gas, Uranium, Bloating Material, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	Carnotite, Clay, Lignite
Ladner Quad	Petroleum (Oil), Lignite, Bloating Material, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	1910
Ludlow Quad	Lignite, Natural Gas, Petroleum (Oil), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium	Past Producer
Ralph Quad	Lignite, Natural Gas, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Petroleum (Oil)	Occurrence
Willett & Midland No. 1 Quads	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lignite, Petroleum (Oil), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Natural Gas, Bloating Material, Uranium	Past Producer
Reva Quad - Deposit 7	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Thyboe Prospect	Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Lonesome Pete Mine	Uranium, Lignite	Occurrence	Coal
Pickpocket Mine	Uranium, Lignite	Past Producer	Coal
Relf Mine	Uranium, Lignite	Past Producer	Coal
Unnamed Mine	Uranium, Lignite	Past Producer	Coal
Craig Pass Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Davis Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Forest Service 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
Mackey Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Raymond Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sdg - Mouth of Bull Creek Quad - Deposit 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	TERRACE
Sdg - Mouth of Bull Creek Quad - Deposit 33	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	TERRACE
Sdg - Mouth of Bull Creek Quad - Deposit 49	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	TERRACE
Hawk Eye No. 1	Uranium, Lignite	Past Producer
Last Chance Group	Uranium, Lignite	Past Producer
Lonesome Pete Mine	Uranium, Lignite	Past Producer
National Park 1-16 Claims	Uranium, Lignite	Occurrence
Riley 1 & 3 Claims	Uranium, Lignite	Past Producer
Riley Group	Uranium, Lignite	Past Producer
Unnamed Mine	Uranium, Lignite	Producer	Coal
Unnamed Mine	Uranium, Lignite	Producer	Coal
Unnamed Mine	Uranium, Lignite	Producer	Coal
Unnamed Mine	Uranium, Lignite	Producer	Lignite
Unnamed Mine	Uranium, Lignite	Producer	Coal
Unnamed Mine	Uranium, Lignite	Producer	Coal
Unnamed Mine	Uranium, Lignite	Producer	Coal
Unnamed Mine	Uranium, Lignite	Producer	Coal
Billy Dale	Uranium	Past Producer
Blue Jay Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Bob Cat Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Bone Group	Uranium	Past Producer
Boot Creek Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Buddy Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Calamity Jane Group	Uranium	Prospect
Canyon Group	Uranium	Prospect
Cap Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Carbonate	Uranium	Past Producer
Cattail Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Cedar Butte Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Cedar Canyon	Uranium	Occurrence	1953
Cedar Canyon - Sple. No. 1	Uranium	Occurrence	Carnotite
Cedar Canyon - Sple. No. 2	Uranium	Occurrence	Carnotite
Cedar Canyon - Sple. No. 3	Uranium	Occurrence	Carnotite
Cedar Canyon - Sple. No. 4	Uranium	Occurrence	Carnotite
Cedar Canyon - Sple. No. 5	Uranium	Occurrence	Carnotite
Cedar Canyon - Sple. No. 6	Uranium	Occurrence	Carnotite
Cedar Canyon - Sple. No. 7	Uranium	Occurrence	Carnotite
Cedar Canyon - Sple. No. 8	Uranium	Occurrence
Cedar Canyon - Sple. No. 9	Uranium	Occurrence
Cedar Canyon - Thybo Spring	Uranium	Occurrence
Cedar Canyon - Thybo Well	Uranium	Occurrence
Crazy Claims	Uranium	Past Producer
Cub Lode	Uranium	Prospect
D-2 Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Daisey Mae No.6	Uranium	Prospect
Daisy Mae No.5	Uranium	Prospect
Darky Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Divide Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Dot No.1	Uranium	Prospect
Eleanor Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Falcon Group	Uranium	Prospect
Finger Buttes Group	Uranium	Prospect
Flat Top Butte	Uranium	Prospect
Flat Top Group	Uranium	Past Producer
Hilltop	Uranium	Past Producer
Hinds Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Hoop and Holler	Uranium	Prospect
Jack Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Jayhawk Group	Uranium	Prospect
Jeffry Lynn No.1	Uranium	Prospect
Jim Claims	Uranium	Past Producer
Jones Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Jones Creek Claims	Uranium	Prospect
L and L Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Lars Group	Uranium	Prospect
Last Chance	Uranium	Past Producer
Lindahl	Uranium	Past Producer
Lucky Strike Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Marie Claim	Uranium	Prospect
Mccurdy Lease	Uranium	Prospect
Mink Group	Uranium	Past Producer
Moonshine	Uranium	Past Producer
Quad Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Rattlesnake Group	Uranium	Prospect
Red No.1	Uranium	Prospect
Riley Spring Mine	Uranium	Past Producer
Ruth Lode	Uranium	Prospect
Ruth Marie	Uranium	Prospect
Snake Eye	Uranium	Past Producer
State Lease	Uranium	Prospect
Susan, Becky	Uranium	Past Producer
Table Mountain Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Trio Lode	Uranium	Past Producer
Twin No.2	Uranium	Prospect
Tyboe Property	Uranium	Prospect
Wildcat Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Windy Claims	Uranium	Prospect

Every populated place in the county

Named 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.

Buffalo

North Harding unorganized territory · 57720 · On Rush Creek · Buffalo quadrangle

6 sheets, 1935 to 1980
Camp Crook

Camp Crook town · 57724 · Near Hoag Coal Mine Draw · Camp Crook quadrangle

8 sheets, 1935 to 2005
Gustave

South Harding unorganized territory · 57717 · Gustave quadrangle

6 sheets, 1935 to 1980
Harding

South Harding unorganized territory · 57720 · Near Gilbert Draw · Harding quadrangle

7 sheets, 1935 to 1993
Karinen

North Harding unorganized territory · 57720 · Near Table Mountain · Table Mountain quadrangle

6 sheets, 1935 to 1980
Ladner

North Harding unorganized territory · 57720 · Ladner quadrangle

6 sheets, 1935 to 1980
Ludlow

North Harding unorganized territory · 57755 · Near Flint Butte · Ludlow quadrangle

8 sheets, 1935 to 2005
Ralph

North Harding unorganized territory · 57650 · Ralph quadrangle

6 sheets, 1935 to 1980
Redig

South Harding unorganized territory · 57720 · On South Sand Creek · Redig quadrangle

6 sheets, 1935 to 1980
Reva

South Harding unorganized territory · 57651 · Reva quadrangle

8 sheets, 1935 to 2005

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.