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One of 27 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 2009 · category: Building · built in 1940.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hudson Boy Scout Cabin
Built in 1940. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 416 Wheelock, Hudson, 57034
- When was it listed? June 2009
- Category. building
- Town. Hudson town
- When was it built? 1940
- National Register reference number. 09000448 - 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
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hudson Boy Scout Cabin between 2000 and 2015, burning about 2,574 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Canton Volunteer Fire Department | FAIRVIEW |
| 17 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Fairview Volunteer Fire Department | SIMUNCK SDGFP |
| 16 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 214 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Hudson Boy Scout Cabin: 13 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Groth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hudson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hymans Hudson/Ostercamp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hymans-Hawarden | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hymans-Vander Esch | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Maudlin-Fairview | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sioux-East Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sioux-Miller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sioux-West Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
33 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hudson, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 13 hail, 11 flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed an empty barn and damaged a silo. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a shed, and blew down power lines at a cattle ranch. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Hudson | $10,000 | After excessive two-day rainfall during September 10-12 (7.81 inches at Dell Rapids, generally 3 to 4 inches around Sioux Falls, 4.72 inches at Canton), the Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) reached the highest stage on record of 11.14 feet above flood stage on September 14. Significant amounts of the agricultural flood plain were inundated. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several trees blown down. Several homes and other buildings were damaged by tree debris. The winds also blew down power lines, resulting in power outages. |
| July 2003 | Lightning | Hudson | $5,000 | Lightning struck a house, starting a small fire. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | Widespread tree and structural roof damage was reported across the town of Hudson, including the roof being ripped off a large outbuilding, two additional roofs being torn off outbuildings on the south-end of town, and damage to a large grain silo. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Hudson | - | With rainfall of 1.51 inches at Canton and which averaged 1.00 to 1.50 inches around Sioux Falls, the Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) rose to minor flood briefly late month. The river crested at 0.51 feet above flood stage on March 30, resulting in minor flooding of crop and pasture land. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Hudson | - | A continuation of flooding from May, the Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) began the month at 5.26 feet above flood stage. Significant amounts of agricultural land remained flooded, and further impeded spring planting. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Hudson | - | The Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) crested 0.17 feet above flood stage on July 10, causing flooding of crop and pasture land. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Hudson | - | The Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) crested 1.70 feet above flood stage on July 18, impacting mainly crop and pasture land. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Hudson | - | Snow melt and heavy rainfall (measured 1.75 inches at Canton and 2.19 inches near Harrisburg) resulted in extensive flooding of agricultural land in the flood plain. The Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) reached the highest crest on record at 10.63 feet above flood stage on March 15. The river remained in minor flood stage at the end of the month. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudson | - | Numerous large tree limbs snapped. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Hudson | - | This is a continuation of flooding from April. The Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) remained in flood through the month other than a brief period from May 18-22. Late month rains pushed the river to a crest at 5.91 feet above flood stage on May 30, the third highest stage on record. Significant agricultural flooding persisted, with no opportunity for spring planting throughout the flood plain. The river remained at minor flood stage at the end of the month. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Hudson | - | Runoff from occasional precipitation in late March and April maintained significant flooding of agricultural and pasture lands near the Big Sioux River. The Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) crested at 5.38 feet above flood stage on April 9. Minor flooding continued at the end of the month. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Hudson | - | Rainfall across the Sioux Falls area and southward in the Big Sioux basin from September 18-20 totaled generally 5 to 7 inches. Moderate flooding resulted with all crop and pasture land in the half-mile wide flood plain inundated as the Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) crested 6.7 feet above flood stage on September 22. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Hudson | - | A steady moderate rainfall during October 9-10 - resulting in 1.50 to 2.00 inches of rainfall - produced yet another period of minor flooding of crop and pasture land as the Big Sioux River at Fairview (gage site FVWS2) crested 1.3 feet above flood stage on October 12. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Hudson | - | Heavy rain caused flooding of roads, including South Dakota Highway 11. Cropland and other low areas were also flooded. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Hudson | - | A bried tornado caused no reported damage. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Hudson | - | A brief tornado observed by a local spotter resulted in no reported damage. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| October 2020 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Flood | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Hudson | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Hudson | - | 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 09000448 in Record Group 79. |
| Lincoln 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.