BlockFrom the record
One of 57 National Register listings published here for Lawrence County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Buskala, Henry Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- Address. FDR 206, Dumont, 57754
- When was it listed? November 1985
- Category. building
- Also known as. Architecture of Finnish Settlement TR
- Unorganized territory. South Lawrence
- National Register reference number. 85003488 - 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
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Buskala, Henry Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,030 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | BLACK FOX |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | WILBUR |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | LOOSE BOOT |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | NO. 4 |
| 4 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | HORSE |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | APPLEBEES |
| 3 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | FOX FLATS |
| 17 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Black Hills National Forest | SCATTER |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Buskala, Henry Ranch: 12 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Ray Mine | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Alameda | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Homestake | Gold, Silver | Producer | 1876, 1974 | |
| Montana M.S.1692 | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Montana Mine MS 1697 | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Ray | Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Dungey Bog Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Dungey Bog Iron Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hausle Bog Iron Deposit | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dumont, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey, Jerome and Jonetta Homestead Cabin | 1.0 miles | 2008 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85003488 in Record Group 79. |
| Lawrence County | All 57 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.