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Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

From the record

“Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Cemetery is a historic church located near Ralph in Harding County, South Dakota. It was built in 1900 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.”

Wikipedia article Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Harding County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.

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 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. CR 858, Ralph, 57755
  • When was it listed? April 1987
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Harding and Perkins Counties MRA
  • Unorganized territory. North Harding
  • National Register reference number. 87000531 - 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

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Cemetery between 2000 and 2020, burning about 244 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
29 September 2002Natural2.0 acresLudlow Volunteer Fire DepartmentSTENRLAND
18 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
13 August 2000Natural35 acresLudlow Volunteer Fire DepartmentGRAZING/GRAND RIVER
9 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use8.5 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
18 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use75 acresHarding CountyLANESBORO - HARDING
29 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionVESSEY LAKE
23 March 2008Equipment and vehicle use110 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Every fire recorded in Harding 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 Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Cemetery: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lignite, Natural Gas, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Petroleum (Oil). 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
Ralph QuadLignite, Natural Gas, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Petroleum (Oil)Occurrence

Every working recorded in Harding County

Storms near this property

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ralph, the town this property stands in, in 65 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 35 hail, 29 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
June 2008FloodRalph$100,000The Little Missouri River at Camp Crook crested at 14.04 feet, about 2 feet above flood stage. Minor flooding was reported around Camp Crook, Redig, and along the north fork of the Moreau River. Highway 79 was closed from Reva, south to the Butte County line.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindRalph$20,000The combination of hail and wind broke windows, destroyed a Quonset hut, and blew several 1700 pound hay bales off a stack.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindRalph$10,000Strong winds blew 500 gallon tanks off their stands, destroyed a Quonset hut, and moved a mobile home off its foundation.
September 2013HailRalph$5,000The combination of large hail and gusty winds broke windows and skylights in a home and destroyed a garden.
September 2013HailRalph$5,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRalph-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRalph-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRalph-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRalph-SD mesonet recorded wind gust.
June 2025HailRalph-Public reported large hail.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindRalph-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindRalph-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindRalph-Wind gusts as high as 84 mph were recorded.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRalph-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2022HailRalph-Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph accompanied the storm.
August 2019HailRalph-Hail and wind gusts to 50 mph destroyed much of the wheat crop.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindRalph-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRalph-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRalph-The sportter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRalph-Spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRalph-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRalph-Wind gusts were estimated between 50 and 70 mph.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRalph-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2000HailRalph-Over 2,000 acres of crops were damaged by the large hail.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRalph-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRalph-no account filed
June 2024HailRalph-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRalph-no account filed
July 2023HailRalph-no account filed
July 2022HailRalph-no account filed
June 2022HailRalph-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindRalph-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindRalph-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRalph-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRalph-no account filed
July 2020HailRalph-no account filed
July 2020HailRalph-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRalph-no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRalph-no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindRalph-no account filed
August 2019HailRalph-no account filed
June 2018HailRalph-no account filed
June 2015HailRalph-no account filed
July 2014HailRalph-no account filed
July 2014HailRalph-no account filed
May 2013HailRalph-no account filed
May 2013HailRalph-no account filed
September 2013HailRalph-no account filed
June 2012HailRalph-no account filed
July 2011HailRalph-no account filed
August 2011HailRalph-no account filed
August 2011HailRalph-no account filed
July 2010HailRalph-no account filed
June 2008HailRalph-no account filed
June 2005HailRalph-no account filed
July 2005HailRalph-no account filed
July 2005HailRalph-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRalph-no account filed
September 2005HailRalph-no account filed
July 2004HailRalph-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harding 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
Giannonatti Ranch3.1 miles1987
Vessey School5.9 miles1987

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 87000531 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Harding CountyAll 13 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.