BlockFrom the record
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Perkins County · listed in 2008 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Sittner Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. RR T18N R15E S5&6, Meadow, 57644
- When was it listed? February 2008
- Category. district
- Also known as. German-Russian Folk Architecture TR
- Township. Meadow township
- National Register reference number. 08000055 - 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
21 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Sittner Farm between 2002 and 2018, burning about 1,051 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Dakota Prairie National Grasslands | BOX SPRING CREEK |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 650 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | JOHN BUER |
| 24 August 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 15 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LARRY SCHECKER |
| 13 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | R.J SCHILEY |
| 6 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Meadow Volunteer Fire Department | GEROLD MORRIS FIRE |
| 31 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Dakota Prairie National Grasslands | BOXCAR BUTTE |
| 28 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Storms near this property
60 of 89 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meadow, the town this property stands in, in 89 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 46 thunderstorm wind, 39 hail, 4 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Meadow | $100,000 | A tornado touched down just southeast of the intersection of S.D. Highways 73 and 20 East. It destroyed the Progress Rural School and continued to track to the north, dissipating northwest of the intersection of S.D. Highways 73 and 20 West. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | $22,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew a small building apart and scattered the debris. Event time was estimated from radar data. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | $20,000 | Outbuildings on two ranches were destroyed by strong winds. Time was estimated from radar. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed several grain bins and damaged an attached two-stall garage. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Meadow | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | $5,000 | Crops were destroyed from wind driven hail. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Meadow | $2,000 | Combination of hail and wind broke several windows in a house. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Meadow | - | Hail up to ping pong ball size fell for about 30 minutes. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Meadow | - | A tornado formed shortly after a previous tornado dissipated. This tornado touched down about ten miles south of Meadow and was on the ground for about seven minutes. No damage was reported as it traveled over open terrain. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were also reported with the storm. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at 70 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts near 90 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | A storm chaser estimated wind gusts to 90 mph blew down trees in Meadow. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Meadow | - | A tornado touched down in open country south of Meadow; it caused no damage. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Meadow | - | A tornado touched down in open country southwest of Meadow; it caused no damage. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Occasional wind gusts over 60 mph were recorded for 40 minutes. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | A spotter estimated wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | A spotter reported wind gusts of 65 mph. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | A garage was blown off its foundation and a large cottonwood tree was blown onto a house, damaging its roof. Event time was estimated from radar data. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | Crops were destroyed from wind driven hail. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Meadow | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Meadow | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Carr Homestead | 7.7 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08000055 in Record Group 79. |
| Perkins County | All 19 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.