Henry Cool Park

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

From the record

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Charles Mix County · listed in 2011 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 115 objectss, 4 structuress, 2 sitess, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 1/2 mi N of intersection of HWY 50 and 365th Ave, Platte, 57369
When was it listed? March 2011
Category. district
Township. Platte township
National Register reference number. 11000083 - 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

45 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Henry Cool Park between 2000 and 2020, burning about 640 acres in total. 4 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	16
Debris and open burning	12
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Natural	4
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
17 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
11 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	05-013 ANDERSON
29 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	GEDDES FIRE
28 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
28 August 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Platte Volunteer Fire Department	00-35
27 August 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Platte Volunteer Fire Department	HOFFMAN
17 August 2003	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
12 August 2000	Fireworks	under an acre	Platte Volunteer Fire Department	00-32

Every fire recorded in Charles Mix County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Henry Cool Park: 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
	Sly Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Charles Mix County

Storms near this property

60 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Platte, the town this property stands in, in 84 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 48 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 2 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
July 1998	Hail	Platte	$1,000,000	Large hail destroyed or damaged crops, broke windows, and damaged vehicles and many farm buildings. The hail covered the ground in places and was accompanied by strong winds and heavy rain.
July 1998	Hail	Platte	$100,000	Large hail damaged crops, totally destroying some acreage, broke windows, dented vehicles, and damaged roofs.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	$50,000	no account filed
June 1997	Flash Flood	Platte	$30,000	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	$20,000	Thunderstorm winds caused damage at a farm. Two grain bins were blown over, and one of them was moved a half mile. A calf shelter was destroyed, a livestock trailer and auger were overturned, and there was tree damage.
August 2019	Flash Flood	Platte	$10,000	Numerous roads were under water to a depth of 2 to 3 feet to the south of State Highway 44.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down power poles and caused tree damage in Platte. The winds also destroyed a small shed and damaged equipment on a farm southwest of Platte.
September 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large limbs blown down. The winds also destroyed a gazebo with a decorative lighthouse, and moved a greenhouse several feet.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage including 8 inch diameter branches blown down.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Thunderstorm wind gust measured by a personal weather station.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Winds measured by a personal weather station.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous 3 inch tree limbs south of Platte.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Numerous tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds around Platte.
August 2024	Flash Flood	Platte	-	Significant street flooding was observed in Platte with tree debris floating down the streets in town.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Several tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter were broken off by thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts up to 69 mph were measured by a personal weather station.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	A personal weather station measured frequent wind gusts to 60 mph between 0310-0320CST.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph was measured by mesonet site FW5858 9 miles southwest of Platte.
June 2020	Hail	Platte	-	Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	At least one tree down across a road in Platte, with numerous branches and limbs down throughout the town.
May 2016	Flash Flood	Platte	-	Heavy rain produced by thunderstorms caused flash flooding of several roads in the city of Platte.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including trees blown down.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
June 2011	Flood	Platte	-	Runoff from heavy rain caused record flooding of Platte Creek, with several roads under water. The creek reached its highest level of 2.1 feet above flood stage near Platte at the end of the month.
July 2011	Flood	Platte	-	Runoff from heavy rain caused continued record flooding of Platte Creek, with several roads under water. The creek crested at a record 2.7 feet above flood stage near Platte on July 8th.
June 2011	Flash Flood	Platte	-	Very heavy rain caused flash flooding of several fields and roads, including sections of South Dakota Highways 44 and 50.
July 2010	Hail	Platte	-	Large hail was accompanied by wind gusts up to 50 mph. The wind driven hail caused an unknown amount of crop damage.
July 2010	Flash Flood	Platte	-	Heavy rainfall, measured at 4.60 inches, flooded several rural roads, washing out at least one.
March 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous limbs and branches blown down.
June 2008	Hail	Platte	-	Large hail was accompanied by heavy rainfall of 1.50 inches.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous 3 inch diameter branches blown down.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a hog confinement building and scattered debris from the roof over a field.
April 2007	Hail	Platte	-	Large hail up to baseball size damaged vehicles and broke windows. The amount of damage was not known.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
May 2007	Hail	Platte	-	Large hail was accompanied by estimated 50 mph winds.
May 2007	Tornado (EF0)	Platte	-	A breif tornado caused no reported damage.
May 1999	Hail	Platte	-	Hail damaged crops near Platte. The amount of damage was not known.
August 1998	Heavy Rain	Platte	-	Heavy rain was measured at 9.5 inches by a cooperative observer. The rain flooded fields and contributed to crop damage caused by hail and wind during the storm.
August 1998	Hail	Platte	-	Large hail caused crop damage, with heavy rain and strong winds contributing to the damage. The amount of damage was not known.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Platte	-	Thunderstorm winds, along with heavy rain, aggravated crop damage caused by hail.
August 1998	Hail	Platte	-	A recurrence of large hail during a storm contributed to crop damage.
August 2024	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
August 2019	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
August 2019	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
September 2019	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
June 2017	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
June 2017	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
June 2017	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
July 2017	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
July 2017	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
August 2008	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Platte	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Charles Mix County

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

2 within 8 miles

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
	Pratt & Cjolme Building	2.4 miles	2007
	Farmers State Bank of Platte	2.4 miles	1983

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 11000083 in Record Group 79.
Charles Mix County	All 15 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.