BlockFrom the record
One of 107 National Register listings published here for Minnehaha County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Austin-Olson Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
The listing
- Listed as. Austin--Olson Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 24993 465th Ave., Colton, 57018
- When was it listed? December 1995
- Category. building
- Township. Taopi township
- National Register reference number. 95001474 - 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
52 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Austin-Olson Farm between 1999 and 2020, burning about 435 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SODERQUIST |
| 24 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | B KROGMAN BALE FIRE |
| 5 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BRIDGE 3 |
| 4 July 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | PAGE FIRE |
| 2 July 2000 | Fireworks | under an acre | Colton Volunteer Fire Department | BENNETT OPLAND |
| 14 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LEONARD |
| 1 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KRUMP |
| 1 July 2000 | Fireworks | under an acre | Colton Volunteer Fire Department | CASE HOEKMAN |
Storms near this property
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colton, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 19 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 | Colton | 1 killed | A thunderstorm wind gust of 81 mph was measured by South Dakota State University mesonet site CTNS2 2 miles east-southeast of Colton. Wind-driven debris went through the windshield of a vehicle and caused the (direct) fatality to the passenger near Colton. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Colton | $250,000 | After 3.85 inches rainfall in the six hours prior to 0000CST September 12, significant flooding in Colton resulted in evacuation of several residences. |
| September 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Colton | $10,000 | A tornado destroyed several outbuildings and damaged power lines. The tornado developed just southwest of the intersection of 3 counties, moving briefly over a small corner of Lake County, then crossing into Moody County, where the tornado dissipated 3 minutes after it developed. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind (F0) | Colton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Colton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph was measured by South Dakota State University mesonet site CTNS2 2 miles east-southeast of Colton. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | Thunderstorm winds removed a few shingles from a house. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | Several tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds in Colton. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | An extended period of occasional thunderstorm wind gusts of 58 mph or greater was measured by South Dakota State University mesonet site CTNS2 2 miles east-southeast of Colton. A peak wind gust of 62 mph occurred at 1525CST. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph was measured by the South Dakota State University Mesonet site CTNS2 2 miles east-southeast of Colton. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | Numerous 3 inch tree limbs removed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | Large limbs were snapped off pine trees about 15 to 20 feet above ground. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Colton | - | Heavy rainfall of about 5 inches caused significant flooding of streets and some basements in and near Colton, and also caused flooding of farmland. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a few trees and several large branches blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down branches up to 4 inches around. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down 4 inch diameter branches. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Colton | - | Heavy rainfall of around 3 inches in a very short period caused flooding of several streets, with up to a foot of water in the streets. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | Thunderstorm winds briefly lifted a metal building roof and blew a rain soaked rug 10 feet. The winds were accompanied by small hail. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Colton | - | Hail was mostly dime size with a few golf ball size hailstones. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several trees blown down. A mobile home was shaken by the wind. |
| August 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Colton | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Colton | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Colton | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Colton | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Colton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Colton | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Colton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Colton | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Colton | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Colton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hans J. Hilmoe Barn | 6.7 miles | 2010 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95001474 in Record Group 79. |
| Minnehaha County | All 107 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.