Sisseton Carnegie Library

Built in 1916. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

From the record

“The Sisseton Carnegie Library, located at 215 Oak Street, East, in Sisseton, South Dakota, is a Carnegie library built in 1916. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.”
Wikipedia article Sisseton Carnegie Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Roberts County · listed in 1996 · category: Building · built in 1916.

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. 215 Oak St., E., Sisseton, 57262
When was it listed? October 1996
Category. building
City. Sisseton city
When was it built? 1916
National Register reference number. 96001227 - 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

60 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Sisseton Carnegie Library between 1994 and 2019, burning about 290 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Debris and open burning	14
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Natural	4
Fireworks	4
Smoking	3
Arson/incendiarism	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
3 September 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Sisseton Agency	MATRESS
27 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	SWO HOUSING AUTHORITY
17 September 2002	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.5 acres	Sisseton Agency	KING
16 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	RAYMOND GERMAN
14 September 2011	Smoking	under an acre	Sisseton Agency	TEKAKWITHA
11 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	I-29
8 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	GOODHEART
5 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Roberts County	AGENCY VILLAGE

Every fire recorded in Roberts County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sisseton Carnegie Library: 4 producers. All of them still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Dan Brown Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Helwig Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lotzer Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Markaseth Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Roberts County

Storms near this property

44 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sisseton, the town this property stands in, in 44 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 23 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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
May 1994	Hail	Sisseton	$50,000	The hail broke many windows and caused other damage to houses and vehicles.
May 1994	Hail	Sisseton	$5,000	Several trees were downed by winds.
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	$5,000	Several trees were downed by winds.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	The Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines down due to the thunderstorm winds.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	A COOP observer reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	An apple tree was knocked over by estimated 60 mph winds.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	Estimated seventy mph winds downed several trees along with causing some power outages in Sisseton.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	Estimated seventy mph winds downed a power pole and a tree in Sisseton.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Sisseton	-	Very heavy rains of over 4 inches brought water over some turn lanes on Highway 10 through Sisseton. There was also a lot of standing water in the parking lot and up to the restaurant at the edge of town with the creek near its banks.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	Sixty mph winds damaged some signs and downed many tree branches in Sisseton.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	Sixty mph winds cause minor shingle damage to a residence west of Sisseton.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	Winds of 70 mph or greater downed many trees in and around Sisseton. There were also extensive power outages. Also, a semi trailer was turned on its side.
April 2020	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
June 2018	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	no account filed
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
June 2007	Funnel Cloud	Sisseton	-	no account filed
October 2006	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
October 2006	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	no account filed
September 2005	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Sisseton	-	no account filed
July 1994	Hail	Sisseton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roberts 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

4 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Sisseton School	0.1 miles	2020
Roberts County Courthouse	0.2 miles	1976
Andrew and Mary Stavig House	0.4 miles	1997
Sisseton Agency Headquarters & Wacipi Grounds	8.0 miles	2022

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 96001227 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Roberts County	All 12 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.