Built in 1906 (Queen Anne style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
“The Port and Helen McWhorter House, located at 426 N. Broadway in Miller in Hand County, South Dakota, was built in 1906.”
Wikipedia article Port and Helen McWhorter House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Hand County · listed in 2017 · category: Building · built in 1906, Queen Anne style.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Port and Helen McWhorter House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 314 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HARRELL |
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HUITING |
| 11 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 2 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SPOT |
| 18 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | VANZEE |
| 14 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Miller Volunteer Fire Department | ALPHA TOWNSHIP |
| 4 July 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Miller Volunteer Fire Department | JONES LAKE |
| 22 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Miller Volunteer Fire Department | NA |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Port and Helen McWhorter House: 4 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Mine Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hand County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lyle Williams Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pangburn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miller, the town this property stands in, in 119 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 75 hail, 35 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1994 | Hail | Miller | 1 hurt, $500,000 | The storm caused an estimated $3 million in crop damage. The damage path was estimated to be about 22 miles long and 4.5 miles wide. Hail was reported in drifts of three to four feet and large trees were blown down. About 70 thousand acres of cropland and pastures were completely destroyed. The hail killed pheasants and ducks and injured cattle. Many windows were broken in homes, holes were punched in mobile homes, damaged occured to contents of homes from hail which entered through windows, and many vehicles were extensively damaged. A man trying to hold a broken window together suffered a cut hand when hail shattered the glass. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | $500 | Thunderstorm Winds blew down a utility pole. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | The Emergency Manager reported several trees uprooted and significant tree damage in Miller. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | A member of the public reported estimated 60 mph winds. |
| July 2020 | Flood | Miller | - | Heavy rain brought flooding of several homes in Miller with water in basements. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | An estimated seventy mph wind downed several large tree branches in Miller along with some trees at the golf course. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Seventy mph winds were estimated. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Miller | - | Heavy rain resulted in flooded roads in and around Miller. |
| June 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Miller | - | A tornado touched down briefly with no damage reported. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Sixty mph winds blew over two large fuel tanks. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Seventy mph winds downed a few trees in the park. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | A semi was tipped over and damaged by seventy mph winds west of Miller. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Fifty-nine mph winds were measured by the emergency manager in Miller. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Miller | - | Heavy rains of 5 to 7 inches caused flash flooding of streets and roads in and around Miller for several hours. A few homes received some water in them, some sewers backed up, and several roads were closed. |
| June 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Miller | - | A weak tornado touched downed southwest of Miller in an open field causing no damage. |
| August 2006 | Tornado (F2) | Miller | - | A supercell thunderstorm on its southeast track produced a fourth tornado in Hand county. This tornado touched down west of Miller. The tornado destroyed a large barn and a car was moved nearly 20 feet. Well built structures were heavily damaged and several were pushed slightly off of their foundations. Significant tree damage also occurred. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | A telephone pole was broken off and some siding was torn from a house. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Miller | - | Heavy rains of 2 to 4 inches flooded streets in Miller and many county roads outside of Miller. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Seventy mph winds brought down many large tree branches. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Miller | - | A tornado touched down briefly in far southern Hand county causing no damage. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Sixty mph winds brought several large tree branches down. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Winds to 70 mph severely damaged a barn and downed several trees. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Winds to 60 mph brought down a few trees and many branches in Miller. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | A small barn was blown down and damaged by the high winds. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Ninety mph winds destroyed three barns and a small garage along with severely damaging a creeper feeder and an enclosed trailer. Another building was moved from its foundation and damaged. An empty school bus was rolled several times before it came to rest atop a fence. Also, a window was broken out of the house. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Miller | - | Large hail damaged the siding of a home and also broke out a window. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Winds gusting to 80 mph at a farm north of Miller caused a barn to collapse, blew apart a granary, tore the shingles off one side of chicken coop, moved it off of its foundation, and blew the windows out of the top. The high winds also downed a dozen or so big tree limbs. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Miller | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Miller | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mack Jones House | 0.2 miles | 2007 | |
| Hand County Courthouse and Jail | 0.4 miles | 1994 | |
| Miller Ree Creek Bridge | 0.6 miles | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001400 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hand County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
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