Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
“Bethany United Methodist Church is a historic church in Lodgepole, South Dakota. It was built in 1890 and was added to the National Register in 1987.”
Wikipedia article Bethany United Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Perkins County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bethany United Methodist Church between 1999 and 2016, burning about 343 acres in total. 1 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 use | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NASH |
| 20 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | PASTURE 1-B |
| 2 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Kennebec Volunteer Fire Department | ERKSON |
| 22 July 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GUNTHER BALES |
| 10 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 161 acres | Dakota Prairie National Grasslands | HENDERSON |
| 7 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MERKEL |
| 27 March 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WILSON |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lodgepole, the town this property stands in, in 94 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 49 hail, 36 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flood | Lodgepole | $250,000 | Runoff from heavy rain caused flooding upstream of Shadehill Reservoir and along the Moreau River. Date Road south of SD Highway 20 was closed, Rabbit Creek covered a couple of county roads, a culvert on Zeona Road was washed out, and county roads C5 and C1 were inundated with water. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Lodgepole | $100,000 | Five to six inches of rain was reported west of Lodgepole and three to five inches of rain fell around Bison and Shadehill Reservoir. Two to three inches of rain fell around Lemmon. Runoff from the heavy rain inundated many roads, driveways, and fields in northern Perkins County. Localized street flooding was reported in Lemmon. Shadehill Reservoir rose over 2.5 feet from September 8 to 14. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | $75,000 | Hail, up to baseball size, and high winds estimated to 80 mph were reported in the northwest corner of the county. A mobile home and some near by outbuildings were destroyed. Approximately 28,800 acres of crops were a 100 percent loss. Several fields of corn which were 3-4 feet high had stalks completely sheared off at the bases. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Lodgepole | $30,000 | Many roads flooded and several sections of fences were damaged, especially along Duck Creek southwest of Lodgepole. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lodgepole | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lodgepole | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | $2,000 | The combination of wind and hail caused minor damage. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | SD mesonet recorded wind gust. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Spotter reported estimated wind gust. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | Trained spotter confirmed hail size. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | Confirmed hail size. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | Public reported hail. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | SD mesonet recorded wind gust. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | SD mesonet recorded wind gust. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | Public reported hail. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Lodgepole | - | Runoff from heavy rain flooded roads, yards, and pastures and caused stock dams to overflow. Haynes Road and 113th Street were inundated with water for a couple of hours. Rainfall amounts included 5.9 inches ten miles east-southeast of Lodgepole and 4.75 inches eight miles east-southeast of Lodgepole. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Lodgepole | - | A tornado touched down in open country southwest of Lodgepole; it caused no damage. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Lodgepole | - | A tornado touched down in open country south of Lodgepole; it caused no damage. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts damaged some soffits on a house. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Lodgepole | - | Significant flooding occurred along Rabbit Creek, the South Fork of the Grand River, and Thunder Butte Creek and their tributaries and several small normally dry drainage areas in Perkins County. Several roads were flooded and damaged, including Sorum Dam Road and White Butte Road. A culvert on SD Highway 73 north of Thunder Butte Creek and south of SD highway 20 washed out, closing the highway. The river gauge on the Moreau River at Highway 73 crested at 17.3 feet, with a flow around 14,300 cfs, at 900 AM MST on June 19. Flood stage at this location is 16 feet. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts to 50 mph were also reported. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Lodgepole | - | Several county roads were closed due to flooding. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Lodgepole | - | Major flooding was reported along the Moreau River, Grand River, Rabbit Creek, Deep Creek, and smaller streams and tributaries. Bixby, Cedar Canyon, and Zeona Roads were washed out by flood waters. Minor flooding was reported in the town of Bison. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | The combination of wind and hail broke windows and stripped bark from trees. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | Quarter sized hail covered the ground. Vegetation was stripped from the ground. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | Several houses had windows broken out. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Lodgepole | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duck Creek Lutheran Church and Cemetery | 2.9 miles | 1987 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000559 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Perkins County | All 19 listed properties in this county. |
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