BlockBefore
Photograph of Spotted Tail Gravesite
Photograph by Ammodramus, CC0 1.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Spotted Tail Gravesite

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The gravesite of the Brulé Lakota chief Spotted Tail stands outside an Episcopal cemetery on the outskirts of Rosebud, South Dakota, the government center of the Rosebud Indian Reservation. It is marked by a stone obelisk which is engraved "Spotted Tail", Chief of the Sioux.”

Wikipedia article Spotted Tail Gravesite, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Todd County · listed in 1980 · category: Site.

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 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. N of Rosebud, Rosebud, 57570
  • When was it listed? May 1980
  • Category. site
  • Unorganized territory. West Todd
  • National Register reference number. 80003735 - 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

1,836 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,836 fires within 5 miles of Spotted Tail Gravesite between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,135 acres in total. 120 started naturally. 186 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
Misuse of fire by a minor649
Fireworks308
Missing data/not specified/undetermined238
Arson/incendiarism186
Debris and open burning147
Equipment and vehicle use126
Natural120
Other causes24
Recreation and ceremony18
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Smoking6

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 September 2007Other causesunder an acreRosebud AgencyPARADISE
9 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRosebud AgencyPOTATO HIL
9 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRosebud AgencyBALE2
9 September 2005Fireworksunder an acreRosebud AgencyEARLY II
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRosebud AgencyT.R.#207
9 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRosebud AgencyTOP
9 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresRosebud AgencyTWO STRIKE
8 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRosebud AgencyWHITE BALE

Every fire recorded in Todd 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 Spotted Tail Gravesite: 3 past producers. None of them 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
Rosebud Sioux Adm ReserveSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rosebud Sioux Tribal PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sharp Fish PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Todd County

Storms near this property

60 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosebud, the town this property stands in, in 69 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 36 hail, 32 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2009HailRosebud$200,000Baseball to softball sized damaged buildings and automobiles in Rosebud.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRosebud$50,000Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph blew down many trees.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindRosebud$35,000no account filed
July 2011HailRosebud$10,000no account filed
June 2011HailRosebud$5,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRosebud$1,000A 40 foot billboard was blown over.
July 2025HailRosebud-Spotter and public submitted hail photos.
July 2025HailRosebud-Spotters and EM confirmed hail report.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindRosebud-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Tree damage was caused by the wind and dime sized hail.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRosebud-A heat burst occurred from a decaying storm.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at around 60 mph.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindRosebud-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Winds gusted to 60 mph in Rosebud.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRosebud-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 1998Flash FloodRosebud-HEAVY RAINS UP TO THREE INCHES IN ONE HOUR CAUSED MINOR FLOODING IN THE AREA.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
April 2024HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2023HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
June 2023HailRosebud-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
September 2022Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
July 2020HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
August 2020HailRosebud-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
August 2020HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
August 2019HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
May 2016HailRosebud-no account filed
May 2015HailRosebud-no account filed
May 2015HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2014HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2014HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2012HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2011HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2011HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2011HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2011HailRosebud-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
September 2009HailRosebud-no account filed
May 2008HailRosebud-no account filed
June 2008HailRosebud-no account filed
May 2007HailRosebud-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindRosebud-no account filed
June 2005HailRosebud-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Todd 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Rosebud Hotel0.6 miles1980
St. Francis Mission7.4 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80003735 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Todd CountyAll 4 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.