Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
“The Kost Farm Barn in Olivet, South Dakota is a Gothic-arch barn which was built in 1917. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.”
Wikipedia article Kost Farm Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Hutchinson County · listed in 2003 · 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 7 fires within 5 miles of Kost Farm Barn between 2010 and 2016, burning about 63 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MEHLHAFF |
| 17 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MCLAURY CRP |
| 30 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SOUTH HOUSING #408 |
| 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 |
| 18 December 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CHESTER ROEN |
| 5 January 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DVORAK |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olivet, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivet | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down branches and power lines, causing a power outage. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Olivet | - | Hail varied from nickel to quarter size. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivet | - | Significant tree damage throughout the town of Olivet. A gas line was damaged by falling limbs which required evacuation of residents over a two block area for several hours during the morning. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Olivet | - | Water was flowing across numerous roads south and east of Olivet. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivet | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivet | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous branches blown down. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Olivet | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivet | - | Thunderstorm winds caused crop damage, including sunflower fields flattened. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Olivet | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Olivet | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Olivet | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivet | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Olivet | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olivet | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota Dept of Trans. Bridge No. 34-202-072 | 7.0 miles | 2002 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03000766 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hutchinson County | All 17 listed properties in this county. |
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