BlockFrom the record
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Hutchinson County · listed in 2002 · category: Structure · built in 1941.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
South Dakota Dept of Trans. Bridge No. 34-202-072
Built in 1941. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 424th Ave., Parkston, 57366
- When was it listed? May 2002
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Historic Bridges in South Dakota MPS; Historic Bridges in South Dakota MPS
- Township. Clayton township
- When was it built? 1941
- National Register reference number. 02000581 - 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
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of South Dakota Dept of Trans. Bridge No. 34-202-072 between 2000 and 2015, burning about 154 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yankton County | AUCH |
| 17 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MEHLHAFF |
| 14 July 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | Meadow Volunteer Fire Department | SID MILLER |
| 13 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LYNN HEISINGER |
| 21 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GARY WERNING |
| 30 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Hutchinson County | DON FISCHER |
| 15 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DENNIS GROEN |
| 1 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Parkston Volunteer Fire Department | ORRIE HEITZMAN |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of South Dakota Dept of Trans. Bridge No. 34-202-072: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltzer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Harnisch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kolman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wuretzer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
47 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parkston, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Lightning | Parkston | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | $300,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree and power line damages, and destroyed a fertilizer building and a barn near Menno. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged signs, and the siding of buildings at the intersection of South Dakota Highways 37 and 44. The winds also overturned a camper and destroyed a fence. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Parkston | $50,000 | A tornado touched down on a farm west of Parkston and destroyed two pig barns and a corn crib. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | $40,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees, some as large as two feet in diameter, and blew down numerous branches. Minor damage to homes and vehicles was caused by falling trees and tree debris. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Parkston | $5,000 | The creek passing through the backyard was out of banks with water flowing into basement. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | Strong wind gusts pushed through town, breaking many tree branches and blowing out a grain bin. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts snapped off a tree one foot above the ground. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | A large tree was downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | Several large trees down in town. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Parkston | - | Torrential rainfall caused Pony Creek to flood in several locations in Parkston. Rainfall totalled 4.50 inches 6 miles west southwest of Parkston and 2.65 inches 7 miles south of Parkston. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | Eight inch diameter branches downed. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | Recorded by SDSU Mesonet station. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Parkston | - | Large hail damaged crops and vehicles. The amount of property and crop damage was not known. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Parkston | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, with a few branches blown down. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Parkston | - | Persistent heavy rain caused lasting flooding of numerous fields and other lowlands, and of many roads. Several homes were flooded and many of the flooded roads were washed out or otherwise closed. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Parkston | - | Large hail covered the ground. The storm also produced 3 inches of rain. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Parkston | - | A tornado caused an unknown amount of tree damage. |
| September 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Parkston | - | A brief tornado in an open area caused no reported damage. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree and power line damage. The amount of damage was not known. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree and power line damage. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Parkston | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Parkston | - | Large hail accompanied by strong winds damaged crops. The amount of damage was not determined. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged trees and crops. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Parkston | - | Wind blown hail caused crop damage with some crops totally destroyed. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Parkston | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Parkston | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
4 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milltown Hutterite Colony | 4.5 miles | 1982 | |
| United Brethren Church in Christ | 4.9 miles | 2007 | |
| South Dakota Dept. of Trans. Bridge No. 34-140-046 | 6.7 miles | 2002 | |
| Kost Farm Barn | 7.0 miles | 2003 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02000581 in Record Group 79. |
| Hutchinson County | All 17 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- 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.