Built in 1909. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
From the record
“The Security State Bank, on Garfield St. in Willow Lake, South Dakota, was built in 1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.”
Wikipedia article Security State Bank (Willow Lake, South Dakota), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Clark County · listed in 2002 · category: Building · built in 1909.
National Register reference number.02000577- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
2 since 2000
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Security State Bank
between 2000 and 2020, burning about 8 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
Recreation and ceremony
1
Debris and open burning
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
1 working within 5 miles of Security State Bank: 1 producer.
All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Willow Lake, the town this property stands in, in 58 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 32 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 flash flood.
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.
Hail fell in a narrow path estimated to be 15 miles long across southern Clark County and including the Willow Lake area. Corn, wheat, and soybean crops were severely damaged. The hail broke windows on several homes, damaged siding and shingles, and damaged vehicles.
Law enforcement and a storm chaser reported the brief touchdown of a tornado in an open field. The tornado path was later visible on hi-resolution satellite imagery.
Very heavy rains of 3 to nearly 7 inches fell across much of Clark county causing flash flooding. Many roads were flooded and damaged with a bridge washed out south of Carpenter. Many homes received water in their basements which resulted in damage for some. Also, thousands of acres of cropland were flooded with many seeds and large quantities of fertilizer washed away.||Rainfall amounts included 4 to 5 inches in the Vienna/Willow Lake area, 5.7 inches in Garden City, 6.72 inches in Clark, and 7.35 inches in Carpenter.
Widespread flooding from very heavy rains continued across much of Clark county into May 7th. Many roads were flooded and damaged with a bridge washed out south of Carpenter. Many homes received water in their basements which resulted in damage for some. Also, thousands of acres of cropland were flooded with many seeds and large quantities of fertilizer washed away.|
Very heavy rains of 3 to nearly 7 inches fell across much of Clark county causing flash flooding. Many roads were flooded and damaged with a bridge washed out south of Carpenter. Many homes received water in their basements which resulted in damage for some. Also, thousands of acres of cropland were flooded with many seeds and large quantities of fertilizer washed away.||Rainfall amounts included 4 to 5 inches in the Vienna/Willow Lake area, 5.7 inches in Garden City, 6.72 inches in Clark, and 7.35 inches in Carpenter.
A tornado moved into southern Clark County from Kingsbury county. The tornado snapped off many trees and blew them considerable distances before it dissipated.
At the Prairie Retreat located 5 miles south of Willow Lake, winds gusting to over 80 mph uprooted many trees, destroyed a large yard glider, broke out some windows, blew off a barn door, with damage sustained to several other buildings.
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.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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