Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
“First Presbyterian Church of Langford was a historic Presbyterian church in Langford, South Dakota, USA. It was built in 1925 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.”
Wikipedia article First Presbyterian Church of Langford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Marshall County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church of Langford between 1998 and 2015, burning about 421 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Langford Volunteer Fire Department | REINTS |
| 29 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 300 acres | Langford Volunteer Fire Department | MARK JOHNSON |
| 26 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | GLODREY FIRE |
| 1 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RICHARD SMEINS |
| 17 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 17 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Langford Volunteer Fire Department | MIKE NELSON 2 |
| 15 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Langford Volunteer Fire Department | KEVIN CARSON |
| 15 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Langford Volunteer Fire Department | MIKE NELSON |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Langford, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 12 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1999 | Lightning | Langford | $50,000 | Lightning struck the steeple of the Lutheran Church starting a fire. As a result, the church and most of its contents were destroyed. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Langford | $5,000 | Very heavy rains caused flash flooding which washed out a culvert resulting in a road closure. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Langford | $1,000 | Nearly 6 inches of rain resulted in water in the basement along with a large amount of standing water in the fields. |
| August 2025 | Flood | Langford | - | Marshall County Emergency Management relayed that multiple rural roads and intersections have running water across them from recent heavy rainfall in and around the towns of Langford, Amherst, Britton and Newport Colony. |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Langford | - | The tornado touched down very briefly. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Langford | - | A tornado touched down east northeast of Langford. The tornado damaged a cornfield and moved many hay bales. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langford | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated in Langford. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Langford | - | Widespread flooding from very heavy rains continued across much of Marshall county into May 7th. Many roads were flooded with some receiving damage. Also, many homes received water in their basements with some damage. Thousands of acres of cropland were inundated with some seeds and large amounts of fertilizer washed away.| |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Langford | - | Very heavy rains of 3 to 7 inches caused flash flooding across much of Marshall county. Many roads were flooded with some receiving damage. Also, many homes received water in their basements with some damage. Thousands of acres of cropland were inundated with some seeds and large amounts of fertilizer washed away.||Rainfall amounts included 3.82 inches at Britton, 4 inches at Eden, 5.68 inches west of Britton, 6 inches at Langford, and 7 inches 7 miles west of Britton. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Langford | - | Heavy rains of 3 to 7 inches caused flash flooding throughout many parts of Marshall county. Many roads and cropland were flooded. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langford | - | Seventy mph winds downed several trees, many branches, along with some power lines in Langford. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langford | - | High winds downed several trees and many branches. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langford | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Langford | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langford | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Langford | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langford | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langford | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Langford | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Langford | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Langford | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Langford | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Langford | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Langford | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Langford | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Langford | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Langford | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Hail | Langford | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langford | - | 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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001616 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Marshall County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
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