St. Mary's Catholic Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“Mary's Catholic Church is Catholic parish of the Diocese of Sioux Falls located in Salem, South Dakota. Its historic church, at Vermont and Idaho Streets, was added to the National Register in 1985.”
Wikipedia article St. Mary's Catholic Church (Salem, South Dakota), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for McCook County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.

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. Vermont and Idaho Sts., Salem, 57058
When was it listed? June 1985
Category. building
Township. Salem township
National Register reference number. 85001354 - 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

32 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of St. Mary's Catholic Church between 2002 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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	13
Debris and open burning	11
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Arson/incendiarism	1
Natural	1
Other causes	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
20 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	3.2 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
6 August 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	TUSCHEN M&W
3 August 2018	Natural	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	ERNSTER CRP
25 August 2011	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	JOHN SCHEIER
24 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	SCHOENEVALD
4 July 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Salem Volunteer Fire Department	TOWNSHIP ROAD DITCH
24 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	I90 #1
20 July 2014	Other causes	5.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	RAILROAD

Every fire recorded in McCook 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 St. Mary's Catholic Church: 3 producers. All of them still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Brown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dexter Mobige Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Fendrich Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in McCook County

Storms near this property

60 of 92 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salem, the town this property stands in, in 92 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 40 hail, 36 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 5 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	2 hurt	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Salem and tipped over a semi-truck near town which resulted in minor direct injuries.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	1 hurt, $10,000	Thunderstorm winds blew over a truck on Interstate 90, causing minor injuries to the driver.
September 1995	Hail	Salem	$2,000,000	Widespread golf ball to baseball-size hail fell with some softball size hail reported. The hail broke windows and caused other damage to all homes and unprotected vehicles in Salem, including 150 cars at a dealership. Severe damage occurred to crops in the area.
May 1998	Tornado (F2)	Salem	$900,000	no account filed
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$300,000	Thunderstorm winds blew the press box off the grandstand at an athletic complex, damaged a crow's nest at the complex, and tore the roof off a mobile home. The winds also caused extensive tree damage with several trees blown down. The winds caused power line damage, resulting in a power outage. Crops in the area were damaged, especially corn, but the amount of damage was not known. Several vehicles were damaged by flying debris and windows on some buildings were broken.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$100,000	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage and blew down power lines in Salem, causing a power outage in Salem. The winds also caused heavy damage at two farmsteads east northeast of Salem. In addition to tree damage, at least four silos, three grain bins and four machine sheds were destroyed, and four augers, a grain cart, and a grain dryer were damaged. Two surviving trees stopped one destroyed grain bin from slamming into the house on one farmstead, while the house on another farmstead suffered minor damage from debris, including a piece of lumber from one machine shed blown into the roof.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$100,000	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, and blew down two walls of a concrete business.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$100,000	Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree and power line damage. Many trees were blown down, and power lines were down throughout the city with resulting power outages. Minor damage to structures, such as shingles blown off, was also reported.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$100,000	Thunderstorm winds damaged a house and garage.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds caused significant damage to the Armory roof in Salem.
July 2010	Flood	Salem	$50,000	Heavy rain caused major flooding of the east and West Fork Vermillion Rivers, and the Little Vermillion River. Fields, lowlands, roads, and parks were flooded. the most extensive flooding in the county was reported in and near Montrose, where roads, basements, ball parks, a campground, and other low areas were flooded. Flooding threatened a sewer lift station in Montrose, but it was kept operational.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds caused damage at several farms, including a barn blown down, farm equipment damaged, and widespread tree damage.
May 2016	Lightning	Salem	$45,000	Lightning killed 21 cattle that were gathered at a metal feeder.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds overturned a semi truck.
June 1999	Hail	Salem	$10,000	Large hail broke windows in farm buildings and dented vehicles.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a farm structure.
October 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$3,000	no account filed
July 2024	Hail	Salem	-	Hail varied in size from ping-pong to golf ball size in Salem.
June 2024	Flash Flood	Salem	-	Highway 81 south of Salem was impassable due to flooding near 257th Street. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for areal and river flooding for McCook County.
June 2024	Flash Flood	Salem	-	Rainfall from 2 to 4 inches in a couple of hours late evening caused significant street flooding in Salem, along with several homes with flooded basements. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for areal and river flooding for McCook County.
July 2023	Hail	Salem	-	Hail up to tennis ball size was reported through a photo.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	A peak thunderstorm wind gust of 78 mph was measured by a personal weather station 2 miles west of Salem. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
May 2022	Hail	Salem	-	Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Thunderstorm winds took down powerlines with the mayor reporting power out throughout Salem.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	A 40 by 60 foot outbuilding was destroyed by thunderstorm winds. The single family home next door lost some shingles and had a broken front window.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	An attached garage on a single family home was blown out and destroyed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Wind was measured by hand-held anemometer.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Multiple single family homes sustained significant damage to attached garages.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	The roof overhang on an outdoor patio at a nursing home in Salem was ripped off and tossed across an open lot to the north. A single-family home downstream of the nursing home sustained significant damage to its attached garage. At least two other outbuildings were severely damaged or destroyed. Widespread tree damage was reported across town while other single family homes sustained damage to their roofs or garages.
August 2021	Hail	Salem	-	Hail varied from half-dollar to golf ball size.
September 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Quite a bit of tree damage.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	A willow tree was downed.
July 2015	Heavy Rain	Salem	-	Heavy rainfall of 4 inches caused minimal flooding in Salem.
May 2013	Heavy Rain	Salem	-	Heavy rainfall of 3.85 inches was measured.
May 2012	Hail	Salem	-	Large hail covered the ground to the extent that there were drifts. Some hail was left unmelted the next morning. The hail was accompanied by heavy rainfall of 2.04 inches. No hail fell one mile north of this location.
May 2012	Hail	Salem	-	Large hail covered the ground deep enough to result in drifts.
May 2012	Flood	Salem	-	Heavy rain caused flooding of the Little Vermillion River, with some roads, parkland and farmland affected. The river crested at 2.12 feet above flood stage near Salem on May 7th.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several branches.
June 2010	Flash Flood	Salem	-	Heavy rain flooded streets and basements, with water from the flooded streets over sidewalks.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. The winds were accompanied by heavy rainfall of 1.50 inches.
March 2010	Flood	Salem	-	Rapid melting of a heavy winter snowpack resulted in moderate to major flooding of the Little Vermillion River. Numerous fields and roads were flooded with some roads washed out. The Little Vermillion River crested at 2.3 feet above flood stage near Salem on March 14th.
August 2010	Flood	Salem	-	Moderate to major flooding of the East and West Fork Vermillion Rivers, and the Little Vermillion River, triggered by late July heavy rains, continued into early August before abating. Flooding of fields, lowlands, and parks continued, then steadily abated. The most extensive flooding, reported in the Montrose area, peaked at the start of the month. Parks and campgrounds in this area were affected.
September 2010	Flood	Salem	-	Heavy rain caused minor flooding of the East and West Fork Vermillion Rivers and the Little Vermillion River, with lowlands including some farmland affected. The Little Vermillion River crested at 1.2 feet above flood stage near Salem on September 24th.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Thunderstorm winds caused an unknown amount of tree damage.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including branches blown down in the town of Salem.
June 2008	Flood	Salem	-	Heavy rain caused moderate to major flooding of the West Fork Vermillion, Little Vermillion, and Vermillion Rivers. The main damage was caused by extensive flooding of farmland. The amount of crop damage and damage to farmland from erosion was not known. Several county roads were also flooded.
June 2007	Hail	Salem	-	Large hail fell at mile marker 356 on Interstate 90.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree and power line damage, resulting in a power outage that lasted a little less than 2 hours.
September 2006	Hail	Salem	-	Large hail was observed by law enforcement on Interstate 90 at mile marker 353.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including some trees blown down. The winds also damaged a 60 foot by 80 foot outbuilding.
September 2005	Flash Flood	Salem	-	Heavy rain caused flooding of roads and fields.
June 2003	Flash Flood	Salem	-	Heavy rainfall caused flooding of roadways and other low areas. Minor property damage was reported but the amount of damage was not known.
July 2000	Tornado (F0)	Salem	-	A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
July 2024	Hail	Salem	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Salem	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Salem	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Salem	-	no account filed
July 2019	Hail	Salem	-	no account filed
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Salem	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCook 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
McCook County Courthouse	0.1 miles	1993
Downtown Salem Historic District	0.1 miles	2004
Henry Kuhle House	0.4 miles	2008
Salem Rest Stop Tipi-Eastbound	3.9 miles	2015
Salem Rest Stop Tipi-Westbound	4.3 miles	2015
Stark Round Barn	6.2 miles	2001

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 85001354 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
McCook County	All 10 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.