Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
“The Stark Round Barn near Unityville, South Dakota, United States, is a round barn that was built in 1921. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.”
Wikipedia article Stark Round Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for McCook County · listed in 2001 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Stark Round Barn between 2000 and 2020, burning about 378 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Madison Wetland Management District | PEARSON |
| 24 July 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KURT HANSEN |
| 7 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 320 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HOFER II |
| 18 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ROD BLINDERT |
| 1 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 1 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 6 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HANSEN |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Unityville, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2014 | Flood | Unityville | $100,000 | Persistent moderate to heavy rain caused flooding of fields and other lowlands, including several roads, homes, and businesses. This flooding lasted for almost two days, and was aggravated locally by additional storms during that time. Some roads were damaged or washed out. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unityville | $1,000 | Several large trees were broken off or uprooted. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unityville | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Unityville | - | A large tree limb was also blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unityville | - | A thunderstorm wind gust to 78 mph was measured at mesonet site FW2665 5 miles south of Canova. |
| April 2015 | Heavy Rain | Unityville | - | Rainfall from a thunderstorm was measured at 2.03 inches in two hours. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Unityville | - | Hail was mostly quarter size and smaller, but with a few stones up to tennis ball size. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unityville | - | Thunderstorm winds caused considerable tree damage. The amount of damage was not determined. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Unityville | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Unityville | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Unityville | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Unityville | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Unityville | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Unityville | - | no account filed |
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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Henry Kuhle House | 6.0 miles | 2008 |
 | McCook County Courthouse | 6.1 miles | 1993 |
 | St. Mary's Catholic Church | 6.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Downtown Salem Historic District | 6.2 miles | 2004 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01000637 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| McCook County | All 10 listed properties in this county. |
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