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One of 5 National Register listings published here for Tripp County · listed in 1993 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 62-220-512
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Local rd. over the Keya Paha R., Wewela, 57580
- When was it listed? December 1993
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Historic Bridges in South Dakota MPS; Historic Bridges in South Dakota MPS
- Township. Rames township
- National Register reference number. 93001321 - 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
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 62-220-512 between 2000 and 2017, burning about 83 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2017 | Natural | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ANDERSON |
| 24 July 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Colome Volunteer Fire Department | CLIFTON PAULSON |
| 15 July 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Colome Volunteer Fire Department | CLIF PAULSON |
| 17 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 14-008 ERICKSON RX |
| 31 October 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Colome Volunteer Fire Department | CLIFTON PAULSON |
| 2 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RAHN LAKE |
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 South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 62-220-512: 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
28 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wewela, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | SD mesonet recorded wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | SD Mesonet recorded wind gust. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | Occasional gusts of 60 to 70 mph lasted over 30 minutes. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Wewela | - | Runoff from two to three inches of rain caused flash flooding around Wewela. A few roads, including 328th Avenue, 331st Avenue, and 229th Street were covered with water. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | Trees down on property. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | Four inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Wewela | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Wewela | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wewela Hall | 2.0 miles | 2010 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93001321 in Record Group 79. |
| Tripp County | All 5 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.