Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
“The Douglas County Courthouse and Auditor's Office in Armour, South Dakota was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.”
Wikipedia article Douglas County Courthouse (South Dakota), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Douglas County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
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 55 fires within 5 miles of Douglas County Courthouse and Auditor's Office between 1999 and 2020, burning about 743 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Yankton Agency | BUBBA |
| 6 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | EHREN GRUPE |
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HEBER 11-00033 |
| 13 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GREENWAY202001 |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ZOSS1701 |
| 26 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 27 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DWERKMEISTER1701 |
| 20 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | PODZIMEK, RICHARD |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Armour, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | 1 hurt, $10,000 | Semi truck and trailer blown off the road. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Armour | $100,000 | All roads leading into Delmont became impassable, with 6 inches or more flowing water over the roads. Numerous township roads in southeast Douglas County were also under water with several washed out culverts. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | $50,000 | Buildings damaged in Armour. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a large machine shed, ripping its roof off. Two tractors, a van, two loaders and one sprayer inside the shed were damaged. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | $40,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged several farm outbuildings. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Armour | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds ripped a porch off a motel. |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Armour | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | Numerous trees were downed by thunderstorm winds on the north side of Armour. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station, with a peak of 68 mph at 801 pm CST. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | Thunderstorm wind gust was measured by personal weather station DVI09260 near Armour. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Armour | - | Quarter size hail fell on the north side of Armour. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | Widespread tree damage throughout Armour. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | Significant tree damage. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 4 inch diameter branches blown down. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Armour | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of crop damage. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Armour | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of roads, ditches, and fields. Water 6 inches deep was reported over roads in Armour, and a small creek was reported over its banks 9 miles north of Avon, where 2.5 inches of rain was measured during a one hour period. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, including several large trees blown down, a few of which were uprooted. Much of the tree damage was at a cemetery, at which some gravestones were damaged by the wind or by falling trees. Crop damage was also reported, with the winds blowing corn over, but the amount of crop damage was not known. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Armour | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding od roads, ditches, and fields. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Armour | - | Heavy rain caused flooding of many fields, roads, and other low areas. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | Thunderstorm winds blew part of the roof off a grain elevator and blew down several trees. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged trees and power lines, resulting in a power outage. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Armour | - | A tornado destroyed the roof and one wall of a barn.. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Armour | - | A weak tornado tracked across farmland. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Armour | - | Large hail fell in a strip four miles wide and about 8 miles long, damaging crops, especially corn. The amount of crop damage was not known. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Armour | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Armour | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Armour | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Armour | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Armour | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Armour | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Armour | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Armour | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Armour | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Armour | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Armour | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Armour | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Armour | - | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Armour Historic District | 0.7 miles | 1978 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78002549 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Douglas County | All 7 listed properties in this county. |
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