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Photograph of Quinn Methodist Church
Photograph by Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Quinn Methodist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

From the record

“Quinn Methodist Church is a historic church at the junction of Elm and Main Streets in Quinn, South Dakota. The Methodist church was built from 1908 to 1909 and the inside remodeled in 1961.”

Wikipedia article Quinn Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 59 National Register listings published here for Pennington County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Address. jct. of Elm and Main Sts., Quinn, 57775
  • When was it listed? January 2007
  • Category. building
  • Town. Quinn town
  • National Register reference number. 06001308 - 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

20 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Quinn Methodist Church between 2001 and 2020, burning about 2,875 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined10
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
28 August 2001Naturalunder an acreNebraska National ForestCUTBANK
24 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSHOOTING RANGE FIRE
24 August 2012Natural21 acresNebraska National ForestCROOKED CREEK
23 August 2020Natural9.0 acresNebraska National ForestWOLF IT
22 August 2001Natural2.0 acresNebraska National ForestCROOKED CREEK
20 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
19 August 2003Natural285 acresNebraska National ForestWOLF
15 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionEXIT 116

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Storms near this property

39 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quinn, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 24 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003Thunderstorm WindQuinn$200,000Very strong winds destroyed an airplane hangar, flipped over farm equipment and a horse trailer, uprooted trees, and caused some damage to other buildings in the area.
June 2008FloodQuinn$100,000Flooding occurred around Quinn, Wall, and Creighton.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindQuinn$5,000Wind-driven hail caused minor damage to automobiles.
May 2011HailQuinn$5,000no account filed
May 2011HailQuinn$2,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindQuinn-Two semis were overturned on I-90 at mile markers 114.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindQuinn-Wind gusts were estimated at around 60 mph.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindQuinn-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindQuinn-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 70 mph.
May 2020HailQuinn-Hail to quarter size covered the ground.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindQuinn-A camper tipped over on Interstate 90 near mile marker 120.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindQuinn-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindQuinn-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph along Interstate-90.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindQuinn-Wind gusts estimated at 80 mph.
September 2005HailQuinn-Hail covered the ground.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindQuinn-Power poles were downed by winds.
May 2024HailQuinn-no account filed
May 2024HailQuinn-no account filed
April 2024HailQuinn-no account filed
April 2022HailQuinn-no account filed
June 2022HailQuinn-no account filed
June 2022HailQuinn-no account filed
June 2022HailQuinn-no account filed
June 2021HailQuinn-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindQuinn-no account filed
June 2019HailQuinn-no account filed
August 2018HailQuinn-no account filed
May 2016HailQuinn-no account filed
June 2013HailQuinn-no account filed
June 2012HailQuinn-no account filed
July 2010HailQuinn-no account filed
June 2008HailQuinn-no account filed
June 2008HailQuinn-no account filed
July 2005HailQuinn-no account filed
May 2004HailQuinn-no account filed
July 2001HailQuinn-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindQuinn-no account filed
July 2000HailQuinn-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindQuinn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pennington 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 06001308 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pennington CountyAll 59 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.