Holy Fellowship Episcopal Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

From the record

“Holy Fellowship Episcopal Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic Episcopal church built in 1886 near Greenwood on the Yankton Indian Reservation in Charles Mix County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. In 1975 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article Holy Fellowship Episcopal Church (Greenwood, South Dakota), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Charles Mix County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. SE of Greenwood, Greenwood, 57380
When was it listed? June 1975
Category. building
Township. Wahehe township
Architectural style. Carpenter Gothic
National Register reference number. 75001712 - 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

46 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Holy Fellowship Episcopal Church between 2003 and 2020, burning about 568 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 were 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
Debris and open burning	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Arson/incendiarism	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Natural	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
6 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Yankton Agency	A0803012
10 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Yankton Agency	BUFFALO PASTURE
5 August 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
17 August 2003	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Yankton Agency	A0803009
17 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
8 July 2005	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Yankton Agency	A0805012
7 July 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
5 July 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Yankton Agency	YST2006-011

Every fire recorded in Charles Mix County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Holy Fellowship Episcopal Church: 1 producer. All of them 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Greenwood Colony Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Charles Mix County

Storms near this property

26 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenwood, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 18 flood, 6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2024	Flood	Greenwood	$3,000,000	Rainfall amounts across Charles Mix County from June 20-22 generally ranged from 2 to 5 inches. This rainfall worsened some minor water issues from thunderstorms earlier in the week, especially near Choteau Creek.\|\|Some overland flooding resulted in damage to many roads and culverts across the county. South Dakota Highway 46-50 was closed just west of Wagner in a construction zone where there was active work on replacing culverts. In addition, there were a few homes that reported water in their basements. Preliminary damage assessments estimate loss to public infrastructure to be 3 million dollars.
March 2019	Flood	Greenwood	$330,000	South Dakota Highway 46 was closed both east and west of Wagner due to water flowing over the roadway. Other flooding resulted in damage to public infrastructure including county and township roads and culverts.
September 2019	Flood	Greenwood	$230,000	Widespread areal flooding resulted after excessive rainfall from September 10-12, which brought 6.40 inches to Platte and 6.31 inches 2 miles northeast of Academy. Flooding resulted in crop losses and damage to public infrastructure including numerous county and township roads, culverts, and some bridges. Access was cut off to several homes with water rising to 6 to 12 inches deep across parts of Lake Andes. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
August 2019	Flood	Greenwood	$25,000	As flooding continued from July, the Missouri River near Verdel (gage site MRVN1) crested 0.82 feet above flood stage on August 31. High water closed numerous recreational boat ramps. The river remained at minor flood stage at the end of the month.
October 2019	Flood	Greenwood	$5,000	A continuation of flooding from September, the Missouri River near Verdel (gage site MRVN1) remained in flood throughout the month. The river crested 1.12 feet above flood stage on October 1, and again 1.08 feet above flood stage on October 18. High water levels led to the closing of many recreational boat ramps. The river remained in minor flood at the end of the month. Property damage costs are rough estimates.
September 2019	Flood	Greenwood	$5,000	As releases from Fort Randall Dam increased following the mid-month rainfall, the Missouri River near Verdel (gage site MRVN1) rose sharply into moderate flood stage and crested 1.17 feet above flood stage on September 21. High water levels led to the closing of many recreational boat ramps. The river remained in moderate flood at the end of the month.
July 2025	Hail	Greenwood	-	A member of the public provided a photo of lime-sized hail.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenwood	-	An attached garage was ripped from a single-family home and destroyed.
January 2020	Flood	Greenwood	-	The Missouri River near Verdel (gage site MRVN1) briefly reached minor flood stage on January 21. The river crested 0.08 feet above flood stage, with only a very minor impact outside the recreational season.
June 2019	Flood	Greenwood	-	During crop planting season, prolonged flooding led to the loss of or inability to plant crops across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
June 2019	Flood	Greenwood	-	A continuation of flooding from May, the Missouri River near Verdel (gage site MRVN1) crested 1.07 feet above flood stage on June 20. High water closed numerous recreational boat ramps. The river remained at minor flood stage at the end of the month.
November 2019	Flood	Greenwood	-	A continuation of flooding from October, the Missouri River near Verdel (gage site MRVN1) remained in flood until the final day of the month. The river crested 0.91 feet above flood stage on November 6. High water levels maintained closure of many recreational boat ramps.
July 2019	Flood	Greenwood	-	Flooding continued from June, with only a brief fall below flood stage from July 9-12. The Missouri River near Verdel (gage site MRVN1) crested 1.00 feet above flood stage on July 6, and again at 0.76 feet above flood stage on July 28. High water closed numerous recreational boat ramps. The river remained at minor flood stage at the end of the month.
March 2019	Flood	Greenwood	-	While there was some contribution from rainfall (2.90 inches near Wagner) and snow melt, the crest severity along the Missouri River had at least a partial contribution from backwater flow from an uncontrolled release with the failure of Spencer Dam along the Niobrara River in Nebraska during the evening of March 13. A home south of Dante along River Bottom Road was surrounded by water. Major flooding resulted, as the Missouri River at Verdel (gage site MRVN1) crested second highest on record at 2.6 feet above flood stage on March 14.
May 2019	Flood	Greenwood	-	Increased releases from upstream Fort Randall Dam along with heavy rainfall over the preceding week produced minor flooding on the Missouri River near Verdel (gage site MRVN1). A few recreational homes were subjected to flooding as the river rose to 0.75 feet above flood stage on May 30. The river remained in minor flood stage at the end of the month.
September 2019	Flood	Greenwood	-	A continuation of flooding from August, the start of September was spent in minor flood stage. The Missouri River near Verdel (gage site MRVN1) crested 0.58 feet above flood stage on September 11. The excessive precipitation of September 10-12 resulted in a decrease in releases from Fort Randall Dam, which rapidly brought the river below flood stage by September 15. Impacts were mainly limited to inundation of agricultural land, as well as closing of numerous recreational boat ramps.
July 2018	Flood	Greenwood	-	Minor flooding of mainly agricultural areas occurred as the Missouri River near Verdel (gage site MRVN1) crested 0.2 feet above flood stage on July 14. The river dropped briefly below flood stage mid-month, but returned above flood stage on July 20 and crested again 0.3 feet above flood stage on July 23. The river remained in minor flood through the end of the month.
September 2018	Flood	Greenwood	-	Minor flooding of mainly agricultural areas occurred as the Missouri River near Verdel (gage site MRVN1) remained above flood stage for most of the month. A few recreational homes between Verdel and Niobrara were impacted by high water levels. The river crested 0.4 feet above flood stage on September 5, then dropped below flood stage from September 20 to September 29. A brief secondary crest occurred at flood stage on September 29, before quickly dropping below flood stage at 0000CST September 30.
October 2018	Flood	Greenwood	-	Minor flooding of mainly agricultural areas occurred as the Missouri River near Verdel (gage site MRVN1) returned above flood stage mid month. A few recreational homes between Verdel and Niobrara were impacted by high water levels. The river crested 0.3 feet above flood stage on October 13, then quickly dropped below flood stage.
August 2018	Flood	Greenwood	-	Minor flooding of mainly agricultural areas occurred as the Missouri River near Verdel (gage site MRVN1) remained above flood stage for most of the month. The river crested 0.4 feet above flood stage on August 16, but dropped briefly below flood stage from August 20 to August 23. The river remained in minor flood through the end of the month.
August 2009	Hail	Greenwood	-	Large hail damaged vehicles and crops. The amount of property and crop damage was not known.
June 2018	Hail	Greenwood	-	no account filed
June 2017	Hail	Greenwood	-	no account filed
May 2015	Hail	Greenwood	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Greenwood	-	no account filed
May 1999	Tornado (F0)	Greenwood	-	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.

Listed places nearby

2 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Marty Mission School Gymnasium and St. Therese Hall	5.3 miles	2012
	Rising Hail Colony	7.4 miles	1975

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 75001712 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
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.