Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
“The Prairie Homestead is a sod house located at 21070 South Dakota Highway 240 north of Interior, South Dakota. The house was constructed by Ed Brown and his wife in 1909.”
Wikipedia article Prairie Homestead, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1974 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Prairie Homestead between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,568 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1996 | Natural | 20 acres | Badlands National Park | FORTUNE |
| 17 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 16 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska National Forest | MM 133 |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska National Forest | not named |
| 5 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 108 acres | Badlands National Park | MILE 129 |
| 5 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 106 acres | Nebraska National Forest | 129 |
| 31 August 2006 | Natural | 75 acres | Nebraska National Forest | HODGE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Interior, the town this property stands in, in 84 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 40 hail, 32 thunderstorm wind, 10 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Heavy Rain | Interior | $67,000 | Almost four inches of rain (3.95) fell in six hours. Water briefly covered highway 44 south of the White River when a culvert plugged up with debris. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | $10,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts snapped 5 power poles and a flag pole and blew a horse trailer down a hill. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | $10,000 | Airplane hanger damaged. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Interior | $5,000 | Flooding occurred along the White River. At least two homes were surrounded by water and several oubuildings were flooded. The river gage on the SD Highway 44 bridge southeast of Interior crested at 15.5 feet, or 1.5 feet above flood stage. The river gage on the SD Highway 73 bridge south of Kadoka crested at 13.7 feet, or 0.7 feet above flood stage. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Interior | $5,000 | Water flowed over stock dams and small streams flooded south of Potato Creek. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Interior | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Interior | $1,500 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Spotter report an estimated wind gust. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Interior | - | Minor flooding of agricultural land along the White River occurred. The river gage crested at 15.1 feet on May 12 at 1115 PM MDT. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Interior | - | Hail was mostly golf ball size or smaller. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | One inch diameter tree branches were broken and shingles blown off a house. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Three inch diameter tree branches were broken and power poles were downed by the wind. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | The highest wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Interior | - | Minor flooding of agricultural land occurred along the White River south of Kadoka. The river crested at 14.25 feet (flood stage of 13 feet) on May 29. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Interior | - | Runoff from heavy rain caused minor flooding of agricultural land along the White River from the Badlands to south of Kadoka. River gauges along the White River near Interior at Highway 44 and south of Kadoka on Highway 73 crested slightly over flood stage on July 5. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Interior | - | Minor flooding of agricultural land occurred along the White River. The river gauge south of Kadoka along SD Highway 73 crested at 14.0 feet or 1.0 foot above flood stage. |
| July 2016 | Flood | Interior | - | Minor flooding was recorded along the White River. The river rose over ten feet and flow increased from 50 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 11,900 cfs within six hours. The river gauge on the White River near Interior crested at a height about a half foot above flood stage. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Interior | - | Minor flooding of agricultural land occurred along the White River. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Interior | - | Highway 44 and a campground near Interior were flooded due to runoff from more than two inches of rain and high water in the White River. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Interior | - | Agricultural land along the White River experienced minor flooding. Peak flows on the White River near Interior were over 11,000 cubic feet per second. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 65 mph. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Spotters estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Tree branches were blown down by the wind. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Interior | - | Nickel sized hail fell at Cedar Pass in Badlands National Park. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Interior | - | Minor flooding occurred along the White River as flood waters reached the shoulder of South Dakota Highway 44. The river gage south of Interior along Highway 44 crested at 15.44 feet or 1.44 feet above flood stage. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were reported. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | Large tree branches were blown down and tents were tipped over at a campground. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Interior | - | Hail damaged wheat fields. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Interior | - | Small hail fell for 30 minutes. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | A large tree was uprooted. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Interior | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Interior | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Interior | - | 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 74001891 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Jackson County | All 7 listed properties in this county. |
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