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Anna Carr Homestead

Built in 1907. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“The Anna Carr Homestead, located off South Dakota Highway 20 in or near Bison, South Dakota, is a historic sod house which was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.”

Wikipedia article Anna Carr Homestead, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Perkins County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · built in 1907.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Carr, Anna, Homestead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Off SD 20, Bison, 57620
  • When was it listed? January 1978
  • Category. building
  • Town. Bison town
  • When was it built? 1907
  • National Register reference number. 78002566 - 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

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Anna Carr Homestead between 2002 and 2008, burning about 48 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
1 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
6 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresMeadow Volunteer Fire DepartmentGEROLD MORRIS FIRE
31 July 2007Naturalunder an acreDakota Prairie National GrasslandsBOXCAR BUTTE
17 March 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
10 March 2008Debris and open burning30 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Every fire recorded in Perkins 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 Anna Carr Homestead: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Flatmoe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sdg - Cash Quad - Deposit 76Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Seims PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perkins County

Storms near this property

60 of 81 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bison, the town this property stands in, in 81 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 38 thunderstorm wind, 37 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBison$500,000Many trees were downed, power poles blown over east of town, roofs damaged, and windows of houses and automobiles broken by wind driven hail.
July 2001Flash FloodBison$200,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBison$20,000Machine shed destroyed by wind.
April 2005Dust DevilBison$20,000no account filed
May 2013HailBison$10,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindBison$5,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBison-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBison-The spotter estimated wind gusts at near 70 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBison-Wind gusts were estimated at near 70 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBison-The spotter estimated wind gusts at around 60 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBison-The spotter estimated wind gusts at around 60 mph.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindBison-The spotter estimated wind gusts at around 60 mph.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBison-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBison-Tree branches to two inches in diameter were downed around town.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBison-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2021HailBison-There was damage to a rain gauge and downed branches from gusty winds.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBison-Trees were blown down on Bixby Road.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBison-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBison-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBison-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Bison-A tornado touched down in open country east of Bison; it caused no damage.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindBison-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBison-A spotter reported wind gusts around 70 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBison-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBison-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2011Flash FloodBison-Flash flooding was reported along Thunder Butte and Rabbit Creeks in eastern Perkins County.
May 2011FloodBison-Rain runoff caused flooding along Deep Creek and the Moreau River in southeastern Perkins County.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBison-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBison-None.
June 2005HailBison-Combination of large hail and wind broke windows on a house, barn, and automobile.
July 2024HailBison-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBison-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBison-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBison-no account filed
July 2023HailBison-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindBison-no account filed
May 2022HailBison-no account filed
May 2022HailBison-no account filed
July 2022HailBison-no account filed
July 2022HailBison-no account filed
July 2022HailBison-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBison-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBison-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBison-no account filed
July 2021HailBison-no account filed
July 2020HailBison-no account filed
August 2020HailBison-no account filed
June 2020HailBison-no account filed
June 2020HailBison-no account filed
September 2019HailBison-no account filed
May 2018HailBison-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBison-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBison-no account filed
June 2018HailBison-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBison-no account filed
May 2016HailBison-no account filed
July 2016HailBison-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBison-no account filed
July 2016HailBison-no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perkins 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

1 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Sittner Farm7.7 miles2008

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78002566 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Perkins CountyAll 19 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.