Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
“Smith House is a house in Stickney, South Dakota. It was designed in the bungalow and craftsman style by Keith Architect Service.”
Wikipedia article William P. Smith House (Stickney, South Dakota), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Aurora County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of William P. Smith House between 2002 and 2017, burning about 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 23 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Aurora County | SAFAR FIRE |
| 15 August 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | FIRE |
| 20 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NONE |
| 9 January 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Plankinton Volunteer Fire Department | DAVID HARRIS |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stickney, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 22 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | $35,000 | A pole barn was significantly damaged. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | $30,000 | Extensive damage occurred to a grain bin, with minor damage done to the roof of a pole barn. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | $25,000 | Cattle and calf shelters were damaged. Several calves were killed. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | $20,000 | Extensive tree damage in Stickney. A tree fell onto power lines near a transformer, causing a power outage in town. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds tipped over a semi trailer, blew feed bunks 100 yards, and blew down several trees. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Stickney | $5,000 | Several county roads were flooded. Rainfall overnight and through the morning totalled 3.94 inches at Corsica and 3.33 inches 10 miles west of Dimock. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | $1,000 | Strong winds blew pickup truck sideways and downed several larger limbs. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | $250 | Thunderstorms winds removed several tree limbs to 3 inches diameter. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | - | Several 4 inch diameter tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts as high as 63 mph were measured by a personal weather station 5 miles north-northeast of Stickney. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | - | Thunderstorm winds were measured by a personal weather station 5 miles north-northeast of Stickney. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Stickney | - | In addition to the hail, thunderstorms winds were estimated to briefly reach around 50 mph as the hail fell. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | - | Personal weather station KSDPLANK3 measured a peak wind gust of 68 mph. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Stickney | - | Golf Ball size hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles and crops. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Stickney | - | Large hail, driven by damaging winds, broke windows and damaged vehicles and siding. The amount of damage was not known. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, and damaged roofs. The amount of damage was not known. The winds were accompanied by golf ball size hail. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Stickney | - | Hail was mostly dime or smaller size, with a few stones as large as half dollars. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous branches blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | - | Thunderstorm winds contributed to an unknown amount of crop damage. The winds were accompanied by large hail. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Stickney | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of crop damage. The hail was accompanied by damaging winds. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Stickney | - | Large hail broke windows, dented vehicles and siding, and damaged crops. The amount of property and crop damage was not known. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Stickney | - | Large hail covered the ground. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Stickney | - | Large hail was accompanied by heavy rain. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Stickney | - | Large hail caused crop damage. The amount of crop damage was not known. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Stickney | - | Heavy rain of 3 to 6 inches caused flooding of roads and fields. Basements were flooded in Stickney. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a few limbs blown down. The winds were accompanied by pea size hail. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Stickney | - | Large hail was accompanied by 40 to 50 mph winds. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | - | Thunderstorm winds in an apparent downburst pulled a steel roof from a publishing company building and blew it into a power pole, breaking the pole at its base, and leaving residents of Stickney without power for over two hours. Part of the roof was pushed into trees near the building. A television tower at the side of the building was twisted and blown down. A nearby shed was destroyed, and the vehicle parked inside damaged. The damage was very localized with nearby corn crops blown down, next to undamaged corn. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including 6 to 8 inch diameter limbs broken off, and a 50 foot high tree broken off. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Stickney | - | Large hail, accompanied by 55 mph winds and heavy rain, damaged crops over the southern edge of Aurora County. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Stickney | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Stickney | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Stickney | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Stickney | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Stickney | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Stickney | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Stickney | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Stickney | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stickney | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Stickney | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Stickney | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Stickney | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Stickney | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Stickney | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lincoln House | 0.3 miles | 2002 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04000471 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Aurora County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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