BlockFrom the record
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Roberts County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Louis Nigg Barn
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
The listing
- Listed as. Nigg, Louis, Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 46356 125th St., Sisseton, 57262
- When was it listed? March 2021
- Category. building
- Township. Easter township
- National Register reference number. 100006065 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Louis Nigg Barn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,036 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 acres | Sisseton Agency | PEEVFLAT |
| 4 July 2016 | Fireworks | under an acre | Sisseton Agency | EASTMAN |
| 26 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sisseton Agency | STANDING ELK |
| 18 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Sisseton Agency | EASTMANRD |
| 17 July 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.8 acres | Sisseton Agency | MYRUM |
| 13 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Sisseton Agency | EASTMAN |
| 8 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 160 acres | Sisseton Agency | LBAR |
| 7 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Sisseton Agency | THISSEN |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Louis Nigg Barn: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
44 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sisseton, the town this property stands in, in 44 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 23 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Hail | Sisseton | $50,000 | The hail broke many windows and caused other damage to houses and vehicles. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Sisseton | $5,000 | Several trees were downed by winds. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | $5,000 | Several trees were downed by winds. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | The Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines down due to the thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | A COOP observer reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | An apple tree was knocked over by estimated 60 mph winds. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | Estimated seventy mph winds downed several trees along with causing some power outages in Sisseton. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | Estimated seventy mph winds downed a power pole and a tree in Sisseton. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Sisseton | - | Very heavy rains of over 4 inches brought water over some turn lanes on Highway 10 through Sisseton. There was also a lot of standing water in the parking lot and up to the restaurant at the edge of town with the creek near its banks. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | Sixty mph winds damaged some signs and downed many tree branches in Sisseton. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | Sixty mph winds cause minor shingle damage to a residence west of Sisseton. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | Winds of 70 mph or greater downed many trees in and around Sisseton. There were also extensive power outages. Also, a semi trailer was turned on its side. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisseton | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Sisseton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sisseton Agency Headquarters & Wacipi Grounds | 6.5 miles | 2022 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006065 in Record Group 79. |
| Roberts County | All 12 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.