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Deadwood Historic District

A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

From the record

One of 57 National Register listings published here for Lawrence County · listed in 1966 · category: District · a National Historic Landmark.

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

The listing

  • Address. Bounded by the city limits, Deadwood, 57732
  • When was it listed? October 1966
  • Category. district
  • City. Deadwood city
  • National Register reference number. 66000716 - 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Deadwood Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,244 acres in total. 49 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
Natural49
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks3
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMontana/Dakotas State OfficeSHEEPTAIL GULCH
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPARTY
5 September 1995Natural2.0 acresBlack Hills National ForestANCHOR HILL
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBlack Hills National ForestWHITEWOOD PEAK
30 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSKATEBOARD
30 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionWASHINGTON CA
28 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionASPEN HOLLOW

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 188 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 188 workings within 5 miles of Deadwood Historic District: 111 past producers, 41 producers, 19 unknowns, 8 occurrences. 45 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Tungsten. 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
Alpine - Strawberry Mining Co.Gold, MercuryPast ProducerPlacer
Belle Eldridge Gold Mine Inc.Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1878, 1937
Belle Eldridge Gold MinesGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1890
Cole QuarryLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Custer Peak PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Durango MineTungsten, Gold, SilverPast ProducerGold, Silver, Wolframite
Golden Reward MineGold, Silver, TelluriumPast ProducerReplacement
Hardin PropertiesGold, Iron, SulfurOccurrence
Hidden Fortune MineTungsten, Gold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Iron PitSodiumProducer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this property

60 of 82 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018HailDeadwood$2,000,000Large 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 2013HailDeadwood$1,500,000Hail damaged many vehicles.
August 2002Flash FloodDeadwood$200,000no account filed
August 2002Flash FloodDeadwood$50,000no account filed
September 2013HailDeadwood$40,000no account filed
August 2011HailDeadwood$30,000no account filed
August 2011HailDeadwood$25,000no account filed
July 2010HailDeadwood$20,000Golf ball sized hail damaged a house roof, skylights, and automobiles.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindDeadwood-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2019HailDeadwood-Large hail damaged vehicles and windows.
July 1998LightningDeadwood-LIGHTNING FIRE BURNED .2 ACRES OF GRASS AND PINE TREES.
July 2024HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2024HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2024HailDeadwood-no account filed
May 2022HailDeadwood-no account filed
June 2022HailDeadwood-no account filed
June 2021HailDeadwood-no account filed
May 2020HailDeadwood-no account filed
May 2020HailDeadwood-no account filed
June 2020HailDeadwood-no account filed
July 2019HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2019HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2019HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2019HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2019HailDeadwood-no account filed
July 2018HailDeadwood-no account filed
July 2015HailDeadwood-no account filed
May 2014HailDeadwood-no account filed
May 2013HailDeadwood-no account filed
May 2013HailDeadwood-no account filed
June 2012HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2012HailDeadwood-no account filed
June 2011HailDeadwood-no account filed
June 2011HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2010HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2010HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2009HailDeadwood-no account filed
July 2009HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2009HailDeadwood-no account filed
July 2008HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2008HailDeadwood-no account filed
May 2007HailDeadwood-no account filed
May 2007HailDeadwood-no account filed
May 2007HailDeadwood-no account filed
June 2007HailDeadwood-no account filed
June 2007FloodDeadwood-no account filed
July 2007HailDeadwood-no account filed
June 2006HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2006HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2006HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2006HailDeadwood-no account filed
August 2006HailDeadwood-no account filed
July 2005HailDeadwood-no account filed
May 2003HailDeadwood-no account filed
June 2003HailDeadwood-no account filed
May 2003HailDeadwood-no account filed
July 2003HailDeadwood-no account filed
July 2003HailDeadwood-no account filed
July 2003HailDeadwood-no account filed
July 2003HailDeadwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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

6 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
Mount Theodore Roosevelt Monument1.9 miles2005
St. Lawrence O'Toole Catholic Church1.9 miles2003
Old Finnish Lutheran Church2.5 miles1985
Homestake Theater2.7 miles2021
Pearson Cabin3.3 miles2012
Galena School5.5 miles1999

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 66000716 in Record Group 79.
Lawrence CountyAll 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.