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Photograph of Charles Mix County Courthouse
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Charles Mix County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“Charles Mix County Courthouse, located on Main St. between Fourth and Fifth Sts. in Lake Andes, South Dakota, was built in 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.”

Wikipedia article Charles Mix County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Charles Mix County · listed in 1993 · 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 as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Main St. between Fourth and Fifth Sts., Lake Andes, 57356
  • When was it listed? February 1993
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. County Courthouses of South Dakota MPS
  • Township. White Swan township
  • Architectural style. Prairie School architecture
  • Architect. William L. Steele
  • National Register reference number. 92001856 - 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

86 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Charles Mix County Courthouse between 1999 and 2020, burning about 932 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Fireworks15
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresYankton AgencyLAR12
6 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresYankton AgencyA0805022
4 September 2005Fireworks1.1 acresYankton AgencyA0805021
25 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresYankton AgencyWALAKE
16 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
11 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresYankton AgencyLAR 13
10 September 2005Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
6 August 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresYankton AgencyA0805018

Every fire recorded in Charles Mix County

Storms near this property

52 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Andes, the town this property stands in, in 52 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 35 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Flash FloodLake Andes$1,000,000Heavy rainfall of up to 6 inches caused widespread flash flooding of numerous roads, residences, fields, and other low areas, causing damage to and forcing evacuation of numerous residences. Many of the flooded roads were washed out. The Yankton Sioux reservation including the town of Marty was especially hard hit, with the tribal headquarters made unusable, and 63 families displaced from their homes.Flood damage was estimated at one million dollars by the county emergency manager.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindLake Andes$100,000Thunderstorm winds damaged trees and power lines, with numerous power poles reported down. Farm machinery and roofs were damaged, including a roof blown off a home. A mobile home was overturned. Crop damage was reported, but the amount of crop damage was not known.
June 2003Tornado (F1)Lake Andes$50,000A tornado damaged or destroyed several buildings at an abandoned farm, and also caused tree damage.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLake Andes$10,000Extensive tree damage was reported throughout Lake Andes. Property damage costs are rough estimates.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindLake Andes$10,000Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large limbs broken off. Some vehicles were dented by tree debris. Power lines were blown down and a power outage was reported.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindLake Andes$5,000Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, including large limbs blown down. A car window was smashed by one falling limb. The winds also blew down power lines, causing a power outage.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLake Andes$5,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a camper and deck.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindLake Andes$2,000Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a trailer house.
July 2001LightningLake Andes$1,000Lightning struck and splintered a large and old tree in the yard of a home. Most of the tree remained standing, but it was feared the tree would not survive.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLake Andes-Thunderstorm wind gust was measured by a personal weather station.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLake Andes-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station.
June 2024HailLake Andes-Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
September 2019HailLake Andes-Hail, mostly dime-sized, covered roads.
June 2018HailLake Andes-Storm produced hail up to penny size.
September 2018Flash FloodLake Andes-Several inches of water over 382nd Avenue starting a half mile north of Lake Andes. The water extends over a quarter mile stretch.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindLake Andes-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including branches blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLake Andes-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 4 inch diameter branches blown down.
August 2007HailLake Andes-Large hail whitened the ground.
June 2007HailLake Andes-Large hail was accompanied by very heavy rain.
July 2004HailLake Andes-Large hail caused damage to vehicles, windows, and crops. The amount of damage was not known.
June 2003HailLake Andes-Large hail covered the ground.
June 2003HailLake Andes-Large hail covered the ground and caused severe crop damage in a 15 mile wide area over southern and eastern Charles Mix County. About 60,000 acres of crops were damaged or destroyed. Damage to soybean crops was severe, but in many places the beans were replanted as it was still early enough in the growing season. Much of the corn that was damaged was reported to be recovering in the weeks after the storm. Wheat crops were in some cases totally destroyed, with beans being planted in place. Alfalfa and hay were also damaged. An estimate of the crop damage was not available due to the ongoing recovery process, and the complications of figuring damages in the case of replanted crops. The hail accumulated to a depth of several inches in places, with drifts as high as four feet in the Wagner area. Snow plows were needed to clear roads in the Wagner and Lake Andes areas. The hail cracked windows and damaged siding in the Wagner area.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Lake Andes-A weak tornado caused no reported damage.
June 2003Tornado (F1)Lake Andes-A tornado destroyed four grain bins and two sheds on a farm.
June 2024HailLake Andes-no account filed
June 2023HailLake Andes-no account filed
June 2023HailLake Andes-no account filed
August 2019HailLake Andes-no account filed
August 2019HailLake Andes-no account filed
August 2019HailLake Andes-no account filed
June 2017HailLake Andes-no account filed
June 2008HailLake Andes-no account filed
June 2008HailLake Andes-no account filed
August 2007HailLake Andes-no account filed
August 2007HailLake Andes-no account filed
August 2007HailLake Andes-no account filed
August 2007HailLake Andes-no account filed
June 2007HailLake Andes-no account filed
September 2006HailLake Andes-no account filed
September 2006HailLake Andes-no account filed
May 2004HailLake Andes-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLake Andes-no account filed
June 2003HailLake Andes-no account filed
June 2003HailLake Andes-no account filed
July 2002HailLake Andes-no account filed
August 2001HailLake Andes-no account filed
August 2000HailLake Andes-no account filed
August 2000HailLake Andes-no account filed
June 1999HailLake Andes-no account filed
June 1999HailLake Andes-no account filed
August 1996HailLake Andes-no account filed
August 1995HailLake Andes-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Charles Mix 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

3 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
Lake Andes Carnegie Libraryunder 500 feet2000
Engel Hotel0.4 miles2012
Pickstown Fire and Police Station6.0 miles2020

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92001856 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Charles Mix CountyAll 15 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.