BlockFrom the record
One of 27 National Register listings published here for Meade County · listed in 2007 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Covered Wagon Resort
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The listing
- Address. 14189 Cty. Rd. 79, Piedmont, 57769
- When was it listed? November 2007
- Category. district
- City. Piedmont city
- National Register reference number. 07001213 - 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
207 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Covered Wagon Resort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,118 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MARKER 51 |
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SOMERSET |
| 7 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HAYSTACK |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Meade | CHESTNUT FIRE |
| 4 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | STAGEBARN RIDGE |
| 4 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WESTBERRY 2 |
| 30 September 2015 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Black Hills National Forest | STAGEBARN |
| 29 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HOGBACK |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Covered Wagon Resort: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alverson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Double Rainbow | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | 1876, 1881 | |
| U S Gypsum Co Piedmont Operation | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| U.S. Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Gypsum |
Storms near this property
60 of 131 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piedmont, the town this property stands in, in 131 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 111 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Hail | Piedmont | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Piedmont | $500,000 | Tennis ball to softball sized hail pummeled Piedmont. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Piedmont | $150,000 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding in southern Meade County from Black Hawk to Elm Springs. Flash flooding was reported along Elk Creek, Antelope Creek, and Box Elder Creek. A few homes reported water in their basements and several county roads were flooded. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Piedmont | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Hail | Piedmont | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Hail | Piedmont | $50,000 | Minor property damage occurred in the area. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Piedmont | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Piedmont | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Piedmont | $20,000 | Hail ranged from just under an inch to almost three inches in diameter. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Piedmont | $1,000 | Flooding along Elk Creek inundated yards, houses, and roads in the Golden Valley Subdivision; covered Elk Creek Road between Elk Vale Road and Antelope Creek Road; and flooded agricultural land. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Piedmont | - | Estimated hail size report. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Piedmont | - | Spotter estimated hail report. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | NWS employee reported wind gust. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Piedmont | - | Wind gusts were estimated at up to 50 mph. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Piedmont | - | Hail was mostly around quarter size. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | Several trees were damaged in Piedmont. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Piedmont | - | The combination of hail and wind broke house windows. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Piedmont | - | Two to four inches of rain around Piedmont filled ditches along Interstate 90. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Piedmont | - | Hail from golf ball to almost tennis ball size fell off and on for one hour. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Piedmont | - | Flooding was reported in southern Meade County along Elk Creek, Antelope Creek, and Box Elder Creek. A few homes reported water in their basements and several county roads were flooded. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | None. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | Limbs ten inches in diameter were torn from trees. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | Numerous tree branches down. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Piedmont | - | STORMED MOVED EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MEADE CONUTY. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
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 record | The nomination case file for reference 07001213 in Record Group 79. |
| Meade County | All 27 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- 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.