BlockFrom the record
One of 43 National Register listings published here for Codington County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Nicholas T. Ries Farmstead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- Listed as. Ries, Nicholas T., Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Off Codington County Hwy. 3, Kranzburg, 57201
- When was it listed? February 1988
- Category. district
- Township. Kranzburg township
- National Register reference number. 88000047 - 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
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Nicholas T. Ries Farmstead between 1999 and 2020, burning about 318 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1999 | Other causes | under an acre | Watertown Volunteer Fire Department | MM170 |
| 18 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Shore Volunteer Fire Department | GRIEPP |
| 11 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Watertown Volunteer Fire Department | LAMBERT |
| 3 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 9 June 2000 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | South Shore Volunteer Fire Department | NELSON |
| 4 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BOSWELL |
| 4 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Nicholas T. Ries Farmstead: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
17 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kranzburg, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 15 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kranzburg | - | A barn collapsed about a half mile to the south-southwest of Kranzburg. There was only a very limited amount of debris pushed northeast, largely within 20 to 30 feet of the building. There was tree that was knocked down about 80 yards to the north of the barn. No damage was noted to three other farm buildings there were to the south and north of the barn. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kranzburg | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Kranzburg | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kranzburg School District No. 5 | 2.1 miles | 1991 | |
| Holy Rosary Church | 2.2 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88000047 in Record Group 79. |
| Codington County | All 43 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.