Built in 1908. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
“Garfield Township Hall is a two-story historic building located near Beresford in rural Clay County, South Dakota. It served the now-defunct Garfield Township in Clay County.”
Wikipedia article Garfield Township Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 44 National Register listings published here for Clay County · listed in 2004 · category: Building · built in 1908.
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 Garfield Township Hall between 1999 and 2017, burning about 16 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 | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Vermillion Volunteer Fire Department | HUOT |
| 1 May 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alcester Volunteer Fire Department | WEST INTERSTATE |
| 27 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | I-29 |
| 2 November 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 15 January 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SOLEM |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel A. Messler Homestead | 2.9 miles | 2002 | |
| Anderson Homestead | 3.0 miles | 1978 | |
| Yusten House | 5.0 miles | 2007 | |
 | Spirit Mound | 7.2 miles | 1974 |
| South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 14-090-042 | 7.7 miles | 2000 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03001523 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Clay County | All 44 listed properties in this county. |
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