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4 National Register listings published here.
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Miner County, South Dakota
28 topographic sheets cover 9 settlements here, and 4 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
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What the record shows
- 96 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 4 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings and 1 structure.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 9 populated places in this county; 9 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Places on the National Register
4Every 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coughlin House | building | 2006 | 06000460 | |
| Nansen Store | building | 2014 | 14000033 | |
| South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 49-095-190 | structure | 1993 | 93001306 | |
| Wheeler Hotel | building | 1985 | 85001353 |
Wildfire, 2004 to 2017
26 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 26 of them, burning about 312 acres. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 14 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Madison Wetland Management District | SWANSON WF 04 |
| 15 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 33 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 24 February 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 October 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CROSS FIRE |
| 6 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 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, 1956 to 2025
60 of 232 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 232 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 4 injuries and about $4,209,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 110 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 75 |
| Tornado | 35 |
| Flood | 6 |
| Flash Flood | 3 |
| Lightning | 2 |
| Funnel Cloud | 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 1962 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| June 1992 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 1 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howard | 1 hurt | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage and broke windows. One person received minor cuts from flying glass. |
| June 1992 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Flood | Epiphany | $328,000 | Flooding resulted in crop losses and damage to public infrastructure including county and township roads and culverts. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Epiphany | $250,000 | Flooding resulted in damage to public infrastructure including county and township roads and culverts. |
| June 1984 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Carthage | $100,000 | Flooding of lakes and lowlands, including some farmland, continued in the county through April. While flooding of small streams abated, lake and lowland flooding continued with very slow improvement. Several roads remained flooded. High water and groundwater levels resulting from record precipitation in the previous year was the main reason that the flooding either grew worse or improved so slowly. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Epiphany | $90,000 | Rainfall amounts across Miner County from June 20-22 ranged from 4 to 9 inches. Overland flooding ensued with gravel wash reported on roads across three townships. Preliminary damage assessments estimate loss to public infrastructure across the county to be around 90 thousand dollars. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $80,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees, limbs, and branches. One large limb fell onto a power line, causing a fire which destroyed a building housing a post office, food pantry, and apartment. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Carthage | $70,000 | Hail to golf ball size caused heavy damage to vehicles, roofs, siding, and windows. The hail was accompanied by 40 mph winds. The hail caused local crop damage, but the amount of crop damage was not known. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howard | $60,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Howard | $50,000 | Heavy rainfall of 2 to 6 inches caused widespread flooding of roads and basements, especially in an area from the town of Howard to 4 miles north of Howard. Several county roads were washed out and some bridges were damaged. A golf course on the east side of Howard was flooded. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Howard | $50,000 | The damage path of the hail was estimated to be about 12 miles long and three to five miles wide. The hail caused widespread crop damage, many windows were broken, and some sheds and vehicles were damaged. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fedora | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Howard | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Howard | $30,000 | Large hail broke windows in buildings and vehicles, dented vehicles, and damaged siding. The hail caused minor damage to corn crops and more extensive damage to soybean crops in the area. The amount of crop damage was not known. |
| July 1989 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1965 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howard Muni Arpt | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds moved a house off its foundation. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF2) | Howard | $20,000 | A tornado damaged outbuildings and destroyed a hunting lodge. |
| May 2004 | Lightning | Howard | $20,000 | Lightning struck a house and started a fire. The fire was contained mostly in the roof and attic, but the house was filled with smoke. |
| September 1995 | Hail | Howard | $20,000 | Hail broke some windows on vehicles and caused damage to soybean and corn crops over a small area along the eastern edge of the county. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $20,000 | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Carthage | $10,000 | A tornado destroyed two farm buildings, including a hog barn. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Fedora | $10,000 | Large hail dented several vehicles. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew off part of a roof. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howard | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power poles. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a house. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Carthage | $2,000 | A brief tornado damaged outbuildings. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | $1,000 | Several tree limbs up to 6 to 8 inches in diameter were reported down across Canova. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Carthage | $1,000 | A brief tornado damaged a pole barn. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Carthage | $1,000 | A brief tornado destroyed several outbuildings. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howard | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a shed off of its foundation. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epiphany | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several 4-inch diameter tree limbs from a large cottonwood tree. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howard | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a Road Weather Information System sensor near Howard. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Canova | - | Hail caused significant damage to vehicles. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howard | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a Road Weather Information System sensor 1 mile west of Howard. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Roswell | - | Dime to quarter size hail fell for a few minutes. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Howard | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howard | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged several buildings in Howard, with numerous trees and powerlines down. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | Two to four inch limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds near downtown Canova. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howard | - | An extended period of thunderstorm wind gusts of 58 mph or greater was measured by South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD597 1 mile west of Howard. A peak wind gust of 99 mph occurred at 1413CST. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Roswell | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howard | - | Thunderstorm winds caused significant roof damage to an agricultural building and knocked over nearby steel tanks. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canova | - | A large grain bin was destroyed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howard | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph was measured by South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD597 1 mile west of Howard. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howard | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts measured by South Dakota RWIS site SD597 1 mile west of Howard. |
| June 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Argonne | - | A spotter observed a brief touchdown in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| June 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Roswell | - | A large funnel cloud was reported by a trained spotter. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Epiphany | - | During crop planting season, prolonged flooding led to the loss of or inability to plant crops across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Howard | - | Several tree limbs and branches down. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Argonne | - | Piles of hail up to about 6 inches deep. Most hail was small, but some as big as quarters. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Vilas | - | The tornado remained in open areas during the brief touchdown, and caused no visible damage. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | - | Quite a bit of tree damage, as well as minor damage to homes. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fedora | - | Numerous trees downed. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Fedora | - | Hail sizes ranged from half dollar to ping-pong size. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fedora | - | Small branches downed. |
Mines and quarries
3 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 3 workings inside this county. All of them still produce. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelses Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shove Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Van-Scharrel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Every populated place in the county
9Named 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.
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.