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3 National Register listings published here.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Hyde County, South Dakota
16 topographic sheets cover 5 settlements here, and 3 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
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What the record shows
- 40 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings.
- 1 of the 3 listings was added during the 1970s.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 5 populated places in this county; 5 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Places on the National Register
3Every 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augustus and Augusta Gerhart House | building | 1997 | 97001106 | |
| Hyde County Courthouse | building | 1978 | 78002558 | |
| Hyde County Memorial Auditorium | building | 2018 | 100002809 |
Wildfire, 1994 to 2020
167 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 167 of them, burning about 6,967 acres. 24 started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 77 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | N-HYDE |
| 10 August 2006 | Natural | 1,100 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 11 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 775 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BECKLER WILD FIRE |
| 1 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 754 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 25 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 433 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BALOUN DANCEY |
| 13 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 300 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 20 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 290 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | 165 acres | Crow Creek Agency | TWINS 1 |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1963 to 2025
60 of 315 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 315 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $753,300 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 143 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 135 |
| Tornado | 16 |
| Flash Flood | 10 |
| Flood | 9 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Hail | Highmore to | $500,000 | Hail was widespread over northern Hyde County, breaking many windows in homes and vehicles, denting vehicles, and damaging siding and roofs. There was also widespread crop damage. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Holabird | $177,800 | no account filed |
| June 1975 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1968 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported a roof blown off of a home. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Spring Lake | $5,000 | The wind blew two trees down and damaged a mobile home. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | $5,000 | The wind blew two trees down and damaged a mobile home. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Highmore | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore | $500 | A few small trees were blown down. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore Arpt | - | A peak gust of 76 mph was measured at the South Dakota Department of Transportation Road Weather Information Station (RWIS) 17 miles west of Polo. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | A trained spotter estimated the winds topped out between 50 and 60 mph. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore Arpt | - | The Hyde county emergency manager reported crop damage from the combination of hail and wind gusts estimated around 60 mph. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore | - | Thunderstorm winds ripped the roof off a pole barn. Additionally, several tree limbs were down in the same area. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | Law enforcement estimates wind gusts to around 60 mph. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Holabird | - | The emergency manager indicated that 3.5 inches of rain had fallen overnight resulting in water over some of the roads in this area. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Holabird | - | Many county and township roads were underwater, including a portion of 342nd Avenue, between 174 and 179th street in the northeast portion of the county, which was washed out. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | A personal weather station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephan | - | A South Dakota Department of Transportation weather station recorded a wind gust of 75 mph. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephan | - | A South Dakota Department of Transportation weather station recorded a wind gust of 83 mph. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore Arpt | - | A South Dakota Department of Transportation weather station recorded a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | The public report was relayed by emergency management. |
| July 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Highmore Arpt | - | A public reported of a funnel cloud, 6 to 10 miles north and a little east of Highmore. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Highmore Arpt | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | Wind was recorded on a personal weather station. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore | - | A privacy fence was blown over, and a large window was broken by an object that had become a projectile in the severe wind. The timing of the wind was estimated based on radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore | - | Estimated seventy mph winds blew the roof off a shop. |
| June 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Holabird | - | South of the main farm, calving sheds were pushed to the north. On the main property a machine shed was destroyed with debris tossed roughly 100 feet to the northeast. Several trees were snapped and a livestock trailer was tipped over. A long barn also lost its roof and the main barn doors were pushed in. Wet grass from rain and wind accumulated on the east side of a machine shed. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | An estimated eighty mph wind took the roof off a 60 by 100 foot machine shed and caved the wall in on a barn. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Holabird | - | Many roads were flooded throughout the county. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | A large cottonwood tree was knocked down by an estimated eighty mph wind. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore Arpt | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Holabird | - | A severe thunderstorm from Sully county moved into northern Hyde county and brought damaging hail and winds. Countless acres of crops and pasture were destroyed along the storms path. There was also some property damage as a result. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Highmore Arpt | - | Based off spotter photos and high resolution satellite imagery, the tornado tracked for over a half mile through a center pivot farm field around 19 miles north of Highmore. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Holabird | - | The tornado started on the west side of a ranch and threw a 4-wheeler into a barn. There was additional damage to trees and the roof of a barn at the ranch. The tornado moved across an open field and damaged a calf shed. It then crossed 180th street and 331st avenue and moved through a corn field. Many corn stalks were flattened in a 50 yard wide path before entering an open field and then crossing a hay field destroying a hay bale before dissipating. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Holabird | - | Hail broke the windshield on a pickup. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore Arpt | - | Estimated one-hundred mph winds downed many trees along with causing damage to several structures. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore Arpt | - | One-hundred mph winds destroyed four grain bins along with damaging several trailer homes that were being hauled on trailers. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore Arpt | - | Several trees were knocked down by estimated ninety mph winds. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore | - | A large tree was downed by estimated seventy mph winds. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore Arpt | - | Estimated seventy mph winds downed a tree. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore | - | Seventy mph winds caused significant damage to the crow's nest and the bleachers at the football field along with downing several large trees in Highmore. Also, the destruction of a liquid fertilizer pump shed caused damage to pipes creating a 5000 gallon plus chemical spill. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore | - | Seventy mph winds dented multiple grain bins along with slightly pulling them from their base. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore | - | The roof on a metal machine shed was lost due to seventy mph winds. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore | - | Several trees along with many large tree branches were downed in Highmore. There was also some power outages from the trees falling onto the lines. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Holabird | - | Flooding of pasture and agricultural land, several creeks, along with a few roads continued after the earlier heavy rains subsided. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Holabird | - | Very heavy rains of 2 to 6 inches caused flash flooding of several creeks, roads, and fields. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | Sixty mph winds and golfball size hail put numerous holes in the siding of the house. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Stephan | - | Large hail damaged some corn and oats and also caused cattle to stampede and damage a fence. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Stephan | - | Large hail broke a window out of a house and damaged some of the wheat crop. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Stephan | - | A tornado touched down east of Stephan damaging two homes. The main home at the residence had part of its metal roof taken off, while a secondary home lost its entire roof structure. A wooden barn had its main door blown in resulting in a lifting of the roof structure. This allowed the exterior walls to collapse with the roof then settling back down on the debris. A metal machine shed was destroyed along with a semi-tractor trailer blown over on its side. As the tornado continued north, a tree grove suffered extensive damage with numerous trees being topped and large branches broken off. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore Arpt | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated with no damage reported. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holabird | - | Sixty mph winds brought some branches down. |
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Highmore Arpt | - | A tornado traveling northwest out of Hand county entered eastern Hyde county around 544 pm CDT. The tornado remained in open country before dissipating just before 6 pm CDT. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Highmore Arpt | - | Heavy rainfall of 3.65 inches caused flash flooding of several roads. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephan | - | Seventy mph winds were estimated by law enforcement. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephan | - | Sixty mph winds downed several large tree branches. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highmore | - | Many large tree branches were downed in Highmore. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Stephan | - | A few county roads were flooded for a few hours north of Stephan. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Highmore Arpt | - | A tornado touched down for a short time in far northeast Hyde county hitting a farm. The tornado damaged or destroyed several large barns, eighteen grain bins, along with the garage on the home. A grain cart was also tipped over by the tornado along with twelve cattle being killed. |
Mines and quarries
1 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 1 working inside this county. It still produces. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Werdel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Every populated place in the county
5Named 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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Bramhall
Central Hyde unorganized territory · 57371 · Highmore SE quadrangle
8 sheets, 1950 to 1985
No longer a settlement
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Macs Corner
Crow Creek unorganized territory · 57345 · Macs Corner quadrangle
8 sheets, 1953 to 1985
The vanished settlements of Hyde County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
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.