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Mathias Peterson Homestead

Built in 1880. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

One of 78 National Register listings published here for Yankton County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1880.

Sources: 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 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Peterson, Mathias, Homestead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. SW of Volin, Mission Hill, 57046
  • When was it listed? April 1980
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Northern and Central Townships of Yankton MRA
  • Township. Volin township
  • When was it built? 1880
  • National Register reference number. 80003744 - 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

29 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Mathias Peterson Homestead between 1999 and 2020, burning about 87 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/undetermined14
Debris and open burning12
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionMISSING TIRE
9 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionMEDIAN I
31 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreVolin Volunteer Fire DepartmentHULT
29 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionROUND LAKE FIRE
1 August 2012Smoking1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSTATE 50 FIRE
26 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSTATE 50 3
26 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSTATE 50 2
26 July 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreVolin Volunteer Fire DepartmentALVIN LIEN

Every fire recorded in Yankton County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mathias Peterson Homestead: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Knutsen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gorset PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Knutsen Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oursland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Volin Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yankton County

Storms near this property

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mission Hill, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMission Hill$100,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed several large grain bins, blew down power lines and poles, and caused widespread tree damage, including several large trees blown down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindMission Hill$70,000Thunderstorm winds damaged three mobile homes, and also damaged trees and power lines.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMission Hill$30,000While dime size hail and winds to around 60 mph occurred in Mission Hill, it was part of a 3 mile wide swath of more significant wind-driven hail from around 4 miles north northwest of Mission Hill to a mile south of Mission Hill. Corn and soybean fields were pulverized to stubble, with most trees stripped of leaves. At a farm 3 miles northwest of Mission Hill, a grain bin, machine shed and trailer home each lost part of the roof. Along the path, three center irrigation pivots were overturned. Property damage costs are rough estimates. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMission Hill$5,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a garage.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMission Hill-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree limb.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMission Hill-Several tree limbs were snapped by thunderstorm winds.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMission Hill-A wall was blown out of a farm outbuilding.
April 2017HailMission Hill-Hail was brief in nature and occurred with very heavy rain.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindMission Hill-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
September 2010HailMission Hill-Large hails covered the ground.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Mission Hill-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
April 2022HailMission Hill-no account filed
September 2015HailMission Hill-no account filed
August 2011HailMission Hill-no account filed
July 2009HailMission Hill-no account filed
May 2008HailMission Hill-no account filed
June 2002HailMission Hill-no account filed
June 2000HailMission Hill-no account filed
June 2000HailMission Hill-no account filed
June 1996HailMission Hill-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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Simonson Farmstead0.8 miles1980
Jessie Smith Farmstead1.5 miles1980
Vangen Church1.8 miles1980
United Church of Christ2.5 miles1980
Larson-Simonson House2.6 miles1980
Walker McGregor Farmstead2.6 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80003744 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Yankton CountyAll 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.