Grand Valley Schoolhouse, District No. 12

Built in 1883. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 1997 · category: Building · built in 1883.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. 285th St., approximately .5 mi. E of jct. with SD 11, Canton, 57013
When was it listed? March 1997
Category. building
Township. Canton township
When was it built? 1883
National Register reference number. 97000143 - 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

80 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Grand Valley Schoolhouse, District No. 12 between 1999 and 2020, burning about 401 acres in total. 1 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	34
Debris and open burning	27
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Other causes	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Fireworks	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Natural	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
27 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	I-29 MILE 61
2 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	35 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	WYNIA
9 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	BARTLETT FIRE
9 July 2003	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
8 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	KUIPER
5 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
2 July 2016	Fireworks	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	BENTZ TREE
19 July 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Lincoln County	HWY 18 WEST

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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 Grand Valley Schoolhouse, District No. 12: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Canton Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lyon County-Lems Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Maudlin-Fairview	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this property

47 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canton, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 25 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 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 2014	Flash Flood	Canton	$1,000,000	Heavy rain caused flash flooding of numerous roads, including U.S. Highway 18 west of Canton. Damage was reported to main roads and some secondary roads were washed out. Fields, ditches, and some homes were flooded.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Canton	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds uprooted numerous trees, caused structural damage to a house and barn, damaged small farm buildings and a garage, and caused widespread crop damage.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Canton	$10,000	no account filed
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Canton	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and at least one power pole, causing a power outage.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Canton	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a large tree blown over.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Canton	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage and minor shingle damage.
May 1993	Hail	Canton	$500	no account filed
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Canton	-	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous large tree limbs throughout Canton, along with several power lines.
June 2024	Flash Flood	Canton	-	After heavy rainfall earlier in the day, another 5 to 8 inches rainfall between midnight and 3 am CST lead to widespread street flooding in Canton with at least one swift water rescue. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for areal and river flooding for Lincoln County.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Canton	-	A roof was torn off of a building by thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Canton	-	Several tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds in Canton.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Canton	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree.
May 2015	Flood	Canton	-	Heavy rain caused local flooding of ditches along South Dakota Highway 18.
May 2013	Flash Flood	Canton	-	Heavy rainfall of 4 inches caused flooding of roads.
June 2011	Hail	Canton	-	Large hail covered the ground.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Canton	-	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several trees blown down at a golf course.
June 2005	Lightning	Canton	-	Lightning struck and damaged a transformer, causing a power outage in Canton which in some areas lasted almost 24 hours. Lack of power to homes and businesses caused secondary problems due to the lack of refrigeration.
May 2004	Tornado (F0)	Canton	-	A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
July 2001	Tornado (F0)	Canton	-	A tornado which was on the ground for one minute caused no reported damage.
July 2001	Tornado (F0)	Canton	-	A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
August 2000	Hail	Canton	-	Large hail severely damaged crops. The amount of crop damage was not determined.
July 1997	Tornado (F0)	Canton	-	A brief tornado observed by a local spotter resulted in no reported damage.
August 2021	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
May 2015	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
May 2015	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
September 2010	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
September 2010	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
August 2009	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
March 2007	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
September 2005	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Canton	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
April 2000	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
April 2000	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
July 1998	Tornado (F0)	Canton	-	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Canton	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed
August 1995	Hail	Canton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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

6 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
Magnus O. Bergstrom House	3.1 miles	1994
John Isakson House	3.7 miles	1984
Gale Buildings	3.7 miles	2019
Canton Carnegie Library	3.9 miles	2016
J.W. Taylor House	3.9 miles	2000
Canton Lutheran Church	3.9 miles	2002

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 97000143 in Record Group 79.
Lincoln County	All 27 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.