Geddes Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From the record

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Charles Mix County · listed in 1973 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Off SD 50, Geddes, 57342
When was it listed? May 1973
Category. district
City. Geddes city
National Register reference number. 73001737 - 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

14 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Geddes Historic District between 2000 and 2016, burning about 340 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	10
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
8 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	27 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	BURYANEK 4
29 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	MILLARJOHN
23 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	JJOHNSON
18 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	LUNICKS
19 July 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	40 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	SCHULTE WHEAT FIELD
22 April 2000	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Platte Volunteer Fire Department	00-18
14 April 2015	Debris and open burning	50 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	JIM LUDEN
11 April 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	SYBESMA

Every fire recorded in Charles Mix 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 Geddes Historic District: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hobbs Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sly Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Charles Mix County

Storms near this property

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geddes, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 2008	Hail	Geddes	$200,000	Large hail with numerous stones to golf ball size broke windows and damaged siding and roofs. Nearly every home in the north side of Geddes sustained window damage. The hail also damaged nearby crops. The amount of crop damage was not known, but was not believed to be extensive.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	$13,000	Three utility poles were snapped off above the ground. Property cost amounts are rough estimates.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds destroyed a large grain storage bin and blew down numerous tree branches.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds blew over a shed and caused tree damage, including several trees blown down.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down at least four large trees. One tree damaged a car when it fell.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	-	Trees blown down in Geddes.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts measured by a personal weather station. Barn door blown open along with a lot of blowing dust.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by the Lake Andes RAWS station.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	-	Considerable roof damage and numerous trees with broken or snapped limbs across town due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts measured by RAWS site RLAS2 3 miles west northwest of Geddes.
August 2019	Lightning	Geddes	-	Lightning started a fire in an unharvested grain field. Rain extinguished the fire within 15 minutes after ignition.
July 2018	Hail	Geddes	-	Hail was very jagged, and hardly and liquid drops at all during hail fall.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	-	A few branches were downed.
August 2014	Hail	Geddes	-	Large hail broke windows dented vehicles, and damaged crops. The amount of damage was not known.
August 2014	Hail	Geddes	-	Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles, windows, and crops.
June 2014	Hail	Geddes	-	Hail was mostly marble size with a few stones as large as quarters.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Geddes	-	Heavy rain of at least 2 1/2 inches caused flash flooding of streets in Geddes.
August 2007	Hail	Geddes	-	Large hail was accompanied by very heavy rain.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	-	no account filed
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	-	no account filed
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Geddes	-	no account filed
July 2002	Hail	Geddes	-	no account filed
July 2002	Hail	Geddes	-	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Geddes	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Geddes	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Geddes	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Geddes	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Geddes	-	no account filed
July 1994	Hail	Geddes	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Charles Mix 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 73001737 in Record Group 79.
Charles Mix County	All 15 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.