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Photograph of St. Martin's Catholic Church and Grotto
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St. Martin's Catholic Church and Grotto

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

“Martin's Catholic Church and Grotto is a historic church complex located at 612 Main St in Oelrichs, South Dakota. It features Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movement architecture and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.”

Wikipedia article St. Martin's Catholic Church and Grotto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Fall River County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Lot Six Block 5, Oelrichs, 57763
  • When was it listed? May 2005
  • Category. building
  • Town. Oelrichs town
  • National Register reference number. 03000764 - 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

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of St. Martin's Catholic Church and Grotto between 1996 and 2018, burning about 276 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionOLD 79
26 August 2011Natural3.1 acresNebraska National ForestLIMESTONE #2
25 August 2011Natural3.2 acresNebraska National ForestLIMESTONE #1
22 August 2001Natural30 acresOelrichs Volunteer Fire DepartmentMLR RANCH
12 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression179
11 August 2000Natural20 acresNebraska National ForestPARK
11 August 2000Natural29 acresNebraska National ForestLIMESTONE BUTTE
4 July 1996Natural2.0 acresNebraska National ForestLIME

Every fire recorded in Fall River County

Storms near this property

60 of 104 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oelrichs, the town this property stands in, in 104 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 52 hail, 48 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013HailOelrichs$25,000Baseball size hail damaged property.
July 2013HailOelrichs$20,000no account filed
July 2013HailOelrichs$15,000no account filed
June 2011Flash FloodOelrichs$5,000At least six inches of water flowed over Chadron Road and washed gravel off it.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindOelrichs$5,000Horse trailers blown off blocks and shingles blown off of house.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Estimated wind gust report.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Strong winds caused damage to trees, along with fallen branches.
July 2019HailOelrichs-Wind gusts to 51 mph were also recorded.
August 2019HailOelrichs-Wind driven hail broke windows.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Wind driven hail broke windows.
August 2017Tornado (EF0)Oelrichs-Tree damage occurred near the intersection of East Ardmore and Harmony Roads.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-The observer estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
June 2012Heavy RainOelrichs-Over three inches of rain fell in less than two hours, with a total of 3.5 inches of rain. Runoff caused minor flooding on Main Street in Oelrichs and ponding water in fields south of town.
June 2011HailOelrichs-Dime to nickel sized hail covered the ground.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Wind gusts were estimated around 70 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Wind gusts were estimated around 70 mph.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-Large tree limbs were blown down in Oelrichs.
May 1998HailOelrichs-Hail covered ground up to two inches in depth.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
May 2023HailOelrichs-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
July 2023HailOelrichs-no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
June 2022HailOelrichs-no account filed
June 2021HailOelrichs-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
August 2021HailOelrichs-no account filed
August 2021HailOelrichs-no account filed
April 2020Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
July 2020HailOelrichs-no account filed
July 2020HailOelrichs-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed
July 2018HailOelrichs-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindOelrichs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fall River County

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 03000764 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Fall River CountyAll 12 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.
  • 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.