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Buffalo Gap Cheyenne River Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

“The Buffalo Gap Cheyenne River Bridge, in Custer County, South Dakota near Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, was built in 1932. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.”

Wikipedia article Buffalo Gap Cheyenne River Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 35 National Register listings published here for Custer County · listed in 1988 · category: Structure.

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 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. CR 656, Buffalo Gap, 57722
  • When was it listed? February 1988
  • Category. structure
  • Unorganized territory. East Custer
  • National Register reference number. 88000024 - 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 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo Gap Cheyenne River Bridge between 1994 and 2020, burning about 390 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1

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
7 August 2003Natural25 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
26 July 2016Natural341 acresNebraska National ForestCHEYENNE
18 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.2 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSAGE
3 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution19 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionNORTH DRAW
23 June 2009Natural2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
23 June 2009Natural1.2 acresNebraska National ForestWILSON
1 November 1994Debris and open burningunder an acrePine Ridge AgencySPUD CREEK

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Storms near this property

54 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buffalo Gap, the town this property stands in, in 54 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 37 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2014LightningBuffalo Gap1 hurtA lightning bolt hit a storm chaser as he was filming a storm. The charge traveled to the ground and blew a hole in the pavement. The chaser's car and another car were disabled.
May 2019FloodBuffalo Gap$100,000Runoff from heavy rain flooded creeks and inundated roads. Flooding was reported on US Highway 16A near the Coolidge General Store and the Wildlife Loop Road in Custer State Park. Battle Creek covered several roads west of Hermosa. Spring Creek covered portions of Lower Spring Creek Road east of Hermosa. Cottonwood Creek overtopped Cottonwood Cutoff Road east of Buffalo Gap.
May 2010HailBuffalo Gap$75,000Very large hail damaged a few homes and automobiles near Buffalo Gap.
May 2005Flash FloodBuffalo Gap$50,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBuffalo Gap$25,000Strong winds damaged roofs, mobile homes, and trees in Buffalo Gap.
July 2007HailBuffalo Gap$3,000House windows were broken by large hail.
June 2005HailBuffalo Gap$2,000Combination of hail and gusty winds broke windows of house.
August 1993Tornado (F0)Buffalo Gap$50no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBuffalo Gap-Pea sized hail accompanied the storm.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBuffalo Gap-A large pole barn was destroyed.
August 2021HailBuffalo Gap-The ground was covered with hail.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBuffalo Gap-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBuffalo Gap-Small branches were broken off trees.
July 2017HailBuffalo Gap-A car windshield was cracked by the large hail.
July 2014HailBuffalo Gap-Hail to quarter size covered the ground.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBuffalo Gap-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBuffalo Gap-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBuffalo Gap-Estimated wind gusts to 60 mph.
April 2024HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
July 2022HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
July 2021HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
June 2019HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
July 2019HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
June 2018HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
July 2016HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
June 2015HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
May 2014HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
July 2013HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
June 2013HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
June 2013HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
May 2012HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
July 2012HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
October 2011HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
August 2010HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
August 2010HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
May 2008HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
May 2008HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
July 2008HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBuffalo Gap-no account filed
May 2007HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
June 2006HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBuffalo Gap-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBuffalo Gap-no account filed
June 2005HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
July 2005HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
August 2003HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBuffalo Gap-no account filed
July 2003HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBuffalo Gap-no account filed
August 2002HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
May 2001HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
July 2000HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
June 1999HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed
May 1994HailBuffalo Gap-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Custer 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88000024 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Custer CountyAll 35 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.
  • 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.