BlockFrom the record
One of 107 National Register listings published here for Minnehaha County · listed in 2015 · category: Object.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Valley Springs Rest Stop Tipi
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Mi. 412.1 on I-90, Valley Springs, 57068
- When was it listed? January 2015
- Category. object
- Also known as. Concrete Interstate Tipis of South Dakota MPS
- Township. Red Rock township
- National Register reference number. 14001183 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
8 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Valley Springs Rest Stop Tipi between 2004 and 2020, burning about 52 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | INC # 106 9/29/2020 |
| 27 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | INC NO 104 9/27.2020 |
| 6 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BOYD FIRE |
| 6 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LOCKEN WOODS |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnehaha County | 2013-284 |
| 23 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BRUNS PLACE |
| 20 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 3/20/17 RR FIRE |
| 14 December 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Valley Springs Rest Stop Tipi: 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Anderson Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Baker's Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Flanagan Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gran Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pat Kinney Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Scholten Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Swanson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Swenson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tolverson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ole E. Fauske House | 5.6 miles | 2021 | |
 | Palisades Bridge | 6.2 miles | 1999 |
 | Building at 529 North Main | 7.7 miles | 2005 |
| First National Bank of Garretson | 7.7 miles | 2011 | |
| Split Rock Creek Park Historic District | 7.9 miles | 2000 | |
 | Split Rock Park Bridge | 8.0 miles | 1993 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14001183 in Record Group 79. |
| Minnehaha County | All 107 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.