BlockFrom the record
One of 57 National Register listings published here for Lawrence County · listed in 2012 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Pearson Cabin
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1/3 mi. SE. of jct. of Radio Rd. & US 14, Deadwood, 57785
- When was it listed? August 2012
- Category. building
- Unorganized territory. South Lawrence
- National Register reference number. 12000514 - 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
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Pearson Cabin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,970 acres in total. 63 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WILSON |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | BUTCHER |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STAN |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Black Hills National Forest | ANCHOR HILL |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | WHITEWOOD PEAK |
| 30 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SKATEBOARD |
| 30 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WASHINGTON CA |
| 30 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | BEEMER |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 111 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 111 workings within 5 miles of Pearson Cabin: 79 past producers, 12 unknowns, 7 producers, 5 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Lead, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine - Strawberry Mining Co. | Gold, Mercury | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Belle Eldridge Gold Mine Inc. | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | 1878, 1937 | |
| Belle Eldridge Gold Mines | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Bion Mine | Gold, Silver, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Cole Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Custer Peak Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Deadwood Tungsten Property | Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Double Rainbow Or Richmond - Sitting Bull | Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver | Producer | Chalcopyrite | |
| Groshong Mine | Silver, Lead, Vanadium | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Hardin Properties | Gold, Iron, Sulfur | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
60 of 82 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deadwood, the town this property stands in, in 82 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 73 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Hail | Deadwood | $2,000,000 | Large hail caused significant property damage in Deadwood. The estimated damage to just public structures is 1.8 million dollars, with total damage in the city much higher. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Deadwood | $1,500,000 | Hail damaged many vehicles. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Deadwood | $200,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Deadwood | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Hail | Deadwood | $40,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Deadwood | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Deadwood | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Deadwood | $20,000 | Golf ball sized hail damaged a house roof, skylights, and automobiles. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deadwood | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Deadwood | - | Large hail damaged vehicles and windows. |
| July 1998 | Lightning | Deadwood | - | LIGHTNING FIRE BURNED .2 ACRES OF GRASS AND PINE TREES. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Flood | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Deadwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Deadwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Deadwood Historic District | 3.3 miles | 1966 |
| Galena School | 4.0 miles | 1999 | |
 | Mount Theodore Roosevelt Monument | 4.9 miles | 2005 |
 | St. Lawrence O'Toole Catholic Church | 5.2 miles | 2003 |
 | Old Finnish Lutheran Church | 5.5 miles | 1985 |
| Whitewood Historic District | 5.5 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000514 in Record Group 79. |
| Lawrence County | All 57 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.