Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
“Sievers School is a historic rural schoolhouse in Faulk County, South Dakota. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.”
Wikipedia article Sievers School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Faulk County · listed in 2014 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Sievers School between 1998 and 2012, burning about 673 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 17 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Huron Volunteer Fire Dept. | PERRENOUD |
| 18 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HAY FIRE |
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 19 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 650 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GROTTLE BROS. |
| 9 December 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | McLaughlin Volunteer Fire Department | CAR/GRASS |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockham, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 6 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockham | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockham | - | Sixty mph winds brought some large branches down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockham | - | Winds gusting to 70 mph ripped off the garage doors at a farmhouse near Rockham and also ripped off a barn door. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Rockham | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Rockham | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Rockham | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockham | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Rockham | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Rockham | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Rockham | - | 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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000031 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Faulk County | All 10 listed properties in this county. |
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