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Photograph of Wasta Rest Stop Tipi-Westbound
Photograph by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Wasta Rest Stop Tipi-Westbound

Built in 1968. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

From the record

One of 59 National Register listings published here for Pennington County · listed in 2015 · category: Object · built in 1968.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 object as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Wasta Rest Stop Tipi--Westbound - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Mi. 98.6 on I-90, Wasta, 57790
  • When was it listed? January 2015
  • Category. object
  • Also known as. Concrete Interstate Tipis of South Dakota MPS
  • Township. Wasta township
  • When was it built? 1968
  • National Register reference number. 14001187 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

24 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Wasta Rest Stop Tipi-Westbound between 2004 and 2020, burning about 1,065 acres in total. 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2016Natural2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionLYTLE HAY FIRE
19 September 2008Natural17 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
5 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use30 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
25 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use50 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSUNDQUIST FIRE 2
23 August 2020Natural570 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionFITZGERALD CA
14 August 2006Natural15 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
1 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use11 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
1 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Every fire recorded in Pennington County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wasta Rest Stop Tipi-Westbound: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Birdsall Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Everist Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pennington County

Storms near this property

60 of 94 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wasta, the town this property stands in, in 94 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 72 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011LightningWasta1 killedno account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWasta$10,000Winds estimated at 70 mph blew away a storage building, tipped over a horse trailer, and blew down several trees.
May 2010HailWasta$7,000Golf ball sized hail caused minor damage to automobiles.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWasta$5,000Winds toppled a large trailer being pulled along Interstate 90.
June 1994HailWasta$5,000Numerous windshields were broken.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWasta-Partner submitted report.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWasta-SDOT submitted this wind gust report.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWasta-SD mesonet recorded wind gust at this location.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWasta-SDOT submitted wind gust report.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWasta-Law enforcement report.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWasta-SDOT submitted wind gust report.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWasta-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWasta-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWasta-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWasta-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWasta-SD Mesonet measured wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWasta-SD Mesonet measured wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWasta-SD Mesonet measured wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWasta-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust. Heat burst.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWasta-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindWasta-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindWasta-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWasta-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWasta-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWasta-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
May 2016HailWasta-Hail to quarter size covered the ground.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindWasta-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.
May 2015FloodWasta-Minor flooding of agricultural land occurred along the Cheyenne River. At the Interstate 90 eastbound rest area near Wasta, water overflowed into the parking lot and surrounded the building.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWasta-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWasta-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWasta-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWasta-A semi-truck was blown onto its side by thunderstorm wind gusts. Event time was estimated from dispatch reports.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWasta-10 inch diameter tree was blown down.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
April 2024Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
April 2024Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
April 2024Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
June 2023HailWasta-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
July 2022HailWasta-no account filed
July 2022HailWasta-no account filed
July 2022HailWasta-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWasta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pennington 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

3 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Wasta Rest Stop Tipi-Eastbound0.3 miles2015
Calumet Hotel0.5 miles2000
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 52-824-3002.3 miles1999

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 14001187 in Record Group 79.
Pennington CountyAll 59 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.