Hewitt Public School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

From the record

“Hewitt Public School is a former school building in Hewitt, Minnesota, United States, active 1911 to 1979. It was Hewitt's only educational institution up to 1952, hosting first grade through high school at its peak.”
Wikipedia article Hewitt Public School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 14 National Register listings published here for Todd County · listed in 2006 · category: Building.

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. 514 N. Wisconsin St., Hewitt, 56453
When was it listed? December 2006
Category. building
City. Hewitt city
Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 06001181 - 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

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Hewitt Public School between 1993 and 2019, burning about 233 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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
Arson/incendiarism	15
Debris and open burning	8
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
28 August 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
22 July 2005	Smoking	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
3 May 2003	Arson/incendiarism	60 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
23 May 2005	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 May 2016	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 April 2010	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 April 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 April 2003	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Todd County

Storms near this property

20 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hewitt, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
July 2015	Tornado (EF1)	Hewitt	$500,000	A tornado moved out of Wadena County (where it was rated EF2) and into Todd County. A barn was collapsed just south of Aldrich, with roofing material blown 1/2 mile downwind. Dozens of trees were broken or uprooted in this area. Several wooden power poles were snapped. An outbuilding was also destroyed. Farther east, an outbuilding was destroyed along with a roof partially blown off near the intersection of 500th street and 223rd Avenue, just northwest of Dower Lake. Significant tree damage was noted on the northeast side of Dower Lake, and concentrated damage continued in a path to about two miles west of Staples. Separate entries have also been made for numerous trees blown down due to the rear flank downdraft and downbursts north of the tornado track.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hewitt	$100,000	A damage survey revealed that a rear flank downdraft (RFD) accompanied a tornado, and produced tree damage to the south of the tornado track. Numerous trees were tipped over and large branches were broken. Once the tornado dissipated about two miles west of Staples, the RFD broadened out and swept across the south side of Staples, where it continued to topple dozens of trees. The last damage noted from the RFD was southeast of Staples. Several outbuildings were damaged, and trees fell across many vehicles.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hewitt	$25,000	Several trees were blown down in Hewitt, along Highway 210, plus a roof was blown off a building.
May 2022	Tornado (EF1)	Hewitt	-	A tornado developed in far northwest Todd County and moved into Wadena County (see separate entry from NWS Grand Forks). On the Todd County side of the county line, the tornado hit a farmstead and destroyed two tin sheds, leading to estimated maximum winds in Todd County of 90 mph. The debris was strewn in a narrow path. The tornado also broke or uprooted a number of trees. Damage assessment was aided by photographs (not included here) provided by the Todd County Sheriff's Office.
July 2020	Funnel Cloud	Hewitt	-	A storm chaser reported a funnel cloud and provided video. The funnel cloud may have made ground contact, but it was not possible to determine that from the video or in discussions with the chaser. Nor was there any damage reported, so this was documented as a funnel cloud.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hewitt	-	Several hardwood trees were snapped, six wooden power poles were snapped, and an irrigation system was tipped over.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hewitt	-	Several trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 210 near and west of Hewitt.
July 2008	Hail	Hewitt	-	Hail occurred near intersection of County Rd. 210 and County Rd. 11.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Hewitt	-	A citizen measured a wind gust of 71 MPH with an anemometer.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Hewitt	-	Trees down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Hewitt	-	Several trees downed.
July 2020	Hail	Hewitt	-	no account filed
June 2016	Hail	Hewitt	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Hewitt	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Hewitt	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Hewitt	-	no account filed
July 2008	Hail	Hewitt	-	no account filed
September 2007	Hail	Hewitt	-	no account filed
July 2002	Hail	Hewitt	-	no account filed
September 2002	Hail	Hewitt	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Todd 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 06001181 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Todd County	All 14 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.