Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
“The Freier Round Barn is a historic round barn in rural Jones County, South Dakota, United States. It is located on the north side of County Highway 16, northeast of Draper.”
Wikipedia article Freier Round Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Jones County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Freier Round Barn between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,298 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Orient Volunteer Fire Department | SCHAEFERS FARM |
| 13 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | RANKIN CA |
| 5 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 14 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Vivian Volunteer Fire Department | GARY SLETTO FIRE |
| 28 October 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Vivian Volunteer Fire Department | BOWER SUNFLOWER FIELD |
| 18 October 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 600 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DRAPER |
| 18 October 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 600 acres | Vivian Volunteer Fire Department | GARY SLETTO |
| 13 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.6 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LOADER CA |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Draper, the town this property stands in, in 70 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 34 thunderstorm wind, 33 hail, 1 wildfire, 1 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 2024 | Flash Flood | Draper | - | A trained spotter indicated that 3.5 inches of rain overnight had resulted in water over the roads in several places near his property. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | A trained spotter estimated 40 to 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Draper | - | This report was relayed via social media with a photo. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down 8 power poles and damaged 7 outbuildings, trees and crops. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Draper | - | The hail measured two inches an hour after the storm had passed. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | A large tree was downed and the power was taken out by estimated seventy mph winds. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph wind was estimated. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | An estimated seventy mph wind blew over a second semi truck on Interstate-90 west and southwest of Draper. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Seventy mph winds were estimated. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Estimated eighty mph winds ripped off the machine shed doors and flipped over a trailer. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Seventy mph winds caused some power flashes. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Ninety mph winds caved in the side and blew the roof off a grain bin, knocked the doors off a machine shed, and flipped over a parked semi. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | A small tree was downed by 60 mph winds. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Seventy mph winds blew over a tractor-trailer on Interstate-90. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Seventy mph winds overturned a semi truck on Interstate-90 east of Draper. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated east of Draper. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph winds tore apart a pole barn. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | Sixty mph winds brought many tree limbs down. |
| October 2000 | Wildfire | Draper | - | A pickup caught on fire on Interstate-90 starting the nearby ditch on fire. With the strong winds and extremely dry conditions, the fire spread north and burned 800 to 900 acres of grass and pastureland. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Flood | Draper | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Draper | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Draper | - | 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 95001471 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Jones County | All 5 listed properties in this county. |
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