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One of 44 National Register listings published here for Brookings County · listed in 2010 · category: Building · built in 1912.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hall, John L., House
Built in 1912. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 121 Samara Ave, Volga, 57071
- When was it listed? November 2010
- Category. building
- City. Volga city
- When was it built? 1912
- National Register reference number. 10000955 - 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
20 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Hall, John L., House between 1999 and 2020, burning about 517 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 31 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 14 July 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Brookings County | AYERS |
| 12 July 2003 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 28 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | JAMES OLSON |
| 9 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Brookings County | 214 |
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 Hall, John L., House: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
37 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Volga, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 3 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 | Hail | Volga | $50,000 | Large hail dented vehicles, cracked windows, and damaged siding. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree and power line damage, causing power outages. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| July 1998 | Lightning | Volga | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | Thunderstorms knocked over a couple of light poles near U.S. Highway 14 in Volga. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | Several 4 to 5 inch diameter tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by South Dakota Mesonet station VGAS2 Volga. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | Winds were measured by a personal weather station. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | Thunderstorm winds were measured by South Dakota Mesonet station VGAS2 Volga. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts up to 58 mph were measured at the South Dakota State University Mesonet site near Volga. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 73 mph was measured by South Dakota State University mesonet site VGAS2 1 mile south of Volga. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Volga | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| May 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Volga | - | A brief funnel was observed. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Volga | - | A tornado spun up in an open field 4 miles south-southwest of Volga, west of 463rd Avenue and south of 214th St. The tornado moved generally eastward for around one-half mile, before it impacted a farmstead and caused considerable damage to the barn. The tornado then moved across 463rd Avenue into an open field and dissipated after another one-third mile. The estimated maximum wind speed was 95 mph and the average path width was 40 yards. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | Two grain bins were blown off their foundations. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 74 mph was measured by South Dakota State University mesonet site VGAS2 1 mile south of Volga. |
| September 2020 | Hail | Volga | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including one large tree blown down which blocked a road. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down, and also blew down fences. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree. |
| August 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Volga | - | A brief tornado damaged corn crops. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Volga | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles. The hail was accompanied by estimated 50 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | Thunderstorm winds cause tree damage, including several trees blown down. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Volga | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles and crops. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Volga | - | Large hail caused generally minor damage to vehicles. Most of the hail was penny size or smaller, with a few stones up to 2 inches in diameter. Several of the larger stones were flat with visible rings. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Volga | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Volga | - | Large hail caused damage in Volga, but the amount of damage was not known. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Volga | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Volga | - | no account filed |
| September 2020 | Hail | Volga | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volga | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Volga | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Volga | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Volga | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Volga | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Volga | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Volga | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Volga Auditorium | 0.1 miles | 2000 |
| Volga Hospital | 0.2 miles | 2023 | |
 | Henry-Martinson House | 0.3 miles | 1977 |
| Vostad Farm | 5.0 miles | 2005 | |
| South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 06-142-190 | 5.8 miles | 1999 | |
 | Pioneer Park Bandshell | 6.2 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 10000955 in Record Group 79. |
| Brookings County | All 44 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.