Yankton Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

From the record

One of 78 National Register listings published here for Yankton County · listed in 1975 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Bounded by Marne Creek and 4th St., and includes both sides of Cedar, Yankton, 57078
When was it listed? February 1975
Category. district
City. Yankton city
National Register reference number. 75001725 - 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

44 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Yankton Historic District between 1999 and 2019, burning about 185 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	24
Debris and open burning	9
Smoking	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Fireworks	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

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 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	WINTER FIRE
5 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	MOOSE FIRE
4 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	TURMAN FIRE
3 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	BINDER RIDGE
24 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	STATE 50 1
22 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	BELFAST STREET FIRE
2 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	WEST 23 STREET
17 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	TRAIL FIRE

Every fire recorded in Yankton County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Yankton Historic District: 9 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Western Portland Cement Co Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Bohlmann Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Old Allen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Yankton County

Storms near this property

60 of 108 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yankton, the town this property stands in, in 108 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 67 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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	Tornado (EF1)	Yankton	1 hurt, $100,000	A tornado damaged two homes, including one roof taken off, destroyed a garage, and caused tree damage. One camper at Lewis and Clark Recreation Area was injured when thrown into trees.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	1 hurt, $1,000	Thunderstorm winds toppled a large tree at the Marne Creek Apartments on the west edge of Yankton. An elderly man was (directly) injured when the tree fell near the building entrance. The man was taken to a local hospital to recover from injuries. Property damage costs are a rough estimate.
July 2009	Hail	Yankton	$3,000,000	Large hail broke windows, damaged vehicles, and damaged trees.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	$500,000	Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, including numerous trees blown down. Some homes were damaged by falling trees or tree debris. The winds drove hail that was up to golf ball size, and with the hail contributed to crop damage in the area.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	$200,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down power poles and lines and significantly damaged at least 6 houses. Some of the houses had holes blown in the walls from the flying debris. Significant tree damage also occurred with 10 to 20 trees uprooted.
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	$200,000	no account filed
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds caused tree and power line damage. There was also some damage to vehicles from tree debris.
September 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	$50,000	Strong thunderstorm winds damaged a grain elevator in Irene and also caused some roof and tree damage.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds blew over some trees and branches causing damage to several vehicles. There was also 1.30 to 2.30 inches of rain in the area.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	$50,000	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	$30,000	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including small trees blown down. The winds also blew down power lines, causing power outages in several parts of Yankton.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down large limbs and power lines.
July 2001	Lightning	Yankton	$10,000	Lightning struck the tower of a radio station, damaging transmitting equipment and knocking the station off the air temporarily.
July 2010	Lightning	Yankton	$5,000	Lightning struck a meter on a business, causing a fire which caused relatively minor damage to the building.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds caused minor tree damage.
August 2004	Lightning	Yankton	$2,000	Lightning damaged the air conditioning system at a middle school.
May 1993	Hail	Yankton	$50	no account filed
May 1993	Hail	Yankton	$50	no account filed
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	Several large tree limbs were reported down in Yankton.
June 2025	Hail	Yankton	-	Hail varied from nickel to quarter size.
July 2024	Flash Flood	Yankton	-	Significant urban flooding occurred at the entrance to Mount Marty College with water standing up to several feet and water flowing over the driveway to just under a foot.
July 2024	Flash Flood	Yankton	-	Flash flooding of Marne Creek occurred over the walking path near Broadway Avenue.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	A roof was torn from a business and deposited on Highway 50 on the east side of town.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Yankton	-	Cars were stranded in foot deep waters on Broadway Street. Report received via social media.
August 2017	Hail	Yankton	-	Heavy rain occurred at the same time.
June 2017	Hail	Yankton	-	Report received through social media.
June 2017	Hail	Yankton	-	Social Media report.
June 2017	Hail	Yankton	-	Social media report.
September 2016	Flash Flood	Yankton	-	Heavy rain caused street and yard flooding in Yankton.
August 2015	Heavy Rain	Yankton	-	A thunderstorm produced 1.41 inches of rain, causing minor street flooding.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	Thunderstorm winds caused an unknown amount of tree damage.
July 2010	Flash Flood	Yankton	-	Heavy rain caused flash flooding of several roads, most notably South Dakota Highway 50 east of the city of Yankton.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	Damaging wind gusts were observed on the northwest side of the city of Yankton.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines, causing a power outage. The winds were accompanied by heavy rain, which produced minor street flooding.
May 2007	Tornado (EF0)	Yankton	-	A brief tornado caused no reported damage. This tornado was observed together with another tornado from the same storm.
June 2005	Flash Flood	Yankton	-	Heavy rainfall of around 3 inches caused flooding of numerous streets.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a mobile home, and blew a steel storage shed over three trailers.
May 2004	Hail	Yankton	-	Large hail was accompanied by 50 mph wind gusts.
May 2004	Tornado (F0)	Yankton	-	A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
June 2003	Hail	Yankton	-	Large hail damaged vehicles. The amount of damage was not known.
August 2002	Lightning	Yankton	-	Lightning caused a haystack fire.
June 2025	Hail	Yankton	-	no account filed
June 2025	Hail	Yankton	-	no account filed
May 2022	Hail	Yankton	-	no account filed
August 2022	Hail	Yankton	-	no account filed
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	Yankton	-	no account filed
September 2015	Hail	Yankton	-	no account filed
September 2015	Hail	Yankton	-	no account filed
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Yankton	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Yankton	-	no account filed
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	no account filed
August 2011	Hail	Yankton	-	no account filed
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	no account filed
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Yankton	-	no account filed
July 2009	Hail	Yankton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yankton 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot	0.1 miles	1982
Yankton High School Historic District	0.1 miles	2002
Fred Schnauber House	0.2 miles	1985
Burns House	0.2 miles	2001
Yankton Carnegie Library	0.2 miles	1979
Bruce-Donaldson House	0.3 miles	1982

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 75001725 in Record Group 79.
Yankton County	All 78 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.