Holy Trinity Church

Built in 1895. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“The Holy Trinity Church in Kimball, South Dakota, has also been known as the Church of the Blessed Trinity and as Bendon Church. It was built in the former town of Bendon, South Dakota, in 1895 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.”
Wikipedia article Holy Trinity Church (Kimball, South Dakota), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 7 National Register listings published here for Brule County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1895.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 0ff I-90, Kimball, 57355
When was it listed? November 1983
Category. building
City. Kimball city
When was it built? 1895
National Register reference number. 83004205 - 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

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Holy Trinity Church between 2006 and 2018, burning about 187 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	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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 July 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	103 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
6 July 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	14ARF19
6 July 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
25 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	KIMBALL CRP
9 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	I90 MM287
23 April 2008	Power generation/transmission/distribution	10 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
31 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	RAISH CURVE RAILROAD
17 January 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	LARRYS

Every fire recorded in Brule County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Holy Trinity Church: 1 past producer. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Helmas Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Brule County

Storms near this property

60 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimball, the town this property stands in, in 82 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 40 hail, 33 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	$150,000	no account filed
August 2002	Lightning	Kimball	$20,000	Lightning struck the corner of a house, blowing a hole in the siding of the attic's exterior wall, and also smashing a hole in the ceiling of a bedroom closet. Numerous appliances were destroyed.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds broke windows and caused tree damage.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous large branches of 8 to 10 inches diameter.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	An extended period of thunderstorm severe wind gusts were measured by a Road Weather Information System sensor at Kimball.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station 2 miles south of Kimball.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station 2 miles south of Kimball.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts reached severe levels at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site at Kimball, then attained a peak of 65 mph at 138 am CST.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	A thunderstorm wind gust of 66 mph was reported at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Kimball, SD (station SD537).
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	A large dead tree was downed by thunderstorm wind gusts, along with numerous larger branches from 3 to 4 inches in diameter.
July 2020	Hail	Kimball	-	Soybean leaves were ripped up with some wind and hail as large as quarters, but mostly up to nickel size. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
July 2020	Hail	Kimball	-	Nickel sized hail piled up on the west side of buildings and stripped leaves from trees.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	South Dakota RWIS site SD537 measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Trees bent over with several limbs broken as winds hit.
September 2017	Hail	Kimball	-	Quarter size hail at Grass Colony Ranch.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 4 inch diameter branches blown down. The winds also flattened an oat crop.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
June 2011	Flash Flood	Kimball	-	Very heavy rain falling on saturated ground caused flooding of roads, including South Dakota Highway 45, where flooding deposited logs and large branches.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several trees blown down.
July 2010	Hail	Kimball	-	Large hail covered the ground. The hail was mostly pea to quarter size, with a few stones to golf ball size.
July 2010	Hail	Kimball	-	Large hail covered the ground.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm winds cause tree damage, and moved large, heavy construction barrels.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm winds blew over numerous heavy road construction signs.
August 2007	Flash Flood	Kimball	-	Heavy rain of 4 to 6 inches caused flooding of numerous roads, including most streets in the town of Kimball. Fields, yards, and a few recreational areas were also flooded.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including at least one tree blown down.
August 2007	Hail	Kimball	-	Large hail was driven by estimated 50 mph winds and covered the ground. The wind driven hail cracked windows. Crop damage was reported but the amount of crop damage was not known.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a shed.
May 2007	Tornado (EF1)	Kimball	-	A tornado destroyed a calf shelter, blew doen trees, and tore shingles off the roof of a house.
June 2007	Hail	Kimball	-	Very large hail covered the ground in a few places. The hail broke windshields on and dented several vehicles, damaged the roofs, siding, and windows of homes and other buildings. The damage was scattered in nature due to the lightly populated area over which the hail fell. The hail also caused crop damage. Some crops along a half mile wide strip were heavily damaged, although some of the hail fell over rangeland which did not suffer much damage. The damage amount to property and crops was not known.
September 2006	Tornado (F0)	Kimball	-	A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
September 2005	Hail	Kimball	-	Large hail covered the ground.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm winds damaged power lines, resulting in a power outage.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous branches blown down.
June 2001	Tornado (F0)	Kimball	-	A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm winds were reported by a National Weather Service trained spotter.
June 1997	Hail	Kimball	-	Large hail completely destroyed 50 thousand acres of crops in Brule County and caused 50 percent or greater crop damage to an additional 30 thousand acres.
April 2022	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
April 2022	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
August 2019	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	no account filed
May 2013	Funnel Cloud	Kimball	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
July 2010	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	no account filed
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
September 2006	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
August 2006	Hail	Kimball	-	no account filed
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	no account filed
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brule 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Ashley Shanty and Privy	6.5 miles	1999

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 83004205 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Brule County	All 7 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.