BlockFrom the record
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Mahnomen County · listed in 1989 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Mahnomen County Fairgrounds Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The listing
- Address. Jct. MN 200 and Co. Hwy. 137, Mahnomen, 56557
- When was it listed? March 1989
- Category. district
- Township. Pembina township
- National Register reference number. 89000077 - 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
24 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Mahnomen County Fairgrounds Historic District between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,486 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 215 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | WOLBECK 2 |
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | VETERANS 1 |
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | VETERANS 2 |
| 5 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | TURKEY |
| 15 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 104 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Agency | RIVERSIDE |
| 7 April 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 660 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this property
59 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mahnomen, the town this property stands in, in 59 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 32 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 tornado. 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 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Mahnomen | $1,000,000 | This tornado continued into Clearwater County, where it lifted at about 0130 am CST, west-northwest of Zerkel. The tornado damaged structures at three locations along the route with long tracks of tree and crop damage evident. Peak winds were estimated at 115 mph. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | $50,000 | One airplane hanger was destroyed as well as the airplane inside. Another hanger was severely damaged. |
| July 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Mahnomen | $30,000 | A retired farmer was looking out his back door and saw a swirling cloud come down. He headed for the basement and was not hurt. His home lost power and his house and outbuildings were damaged. Witnesses said the tornado was a high-based rope tornado. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | $10,000 | Windows were broken and a shed door was torn off. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | $2,000 | Large trees were blown down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | $2,000 | A machine shed was blown down in the wind. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | $1,000 | Trees and powerlines were blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | $500 | Tree branches were blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | $500 | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | Wind gust measured by MN dot station MN044. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | Valley News Broadcaster reports quarter-sized hail in Mahnomen. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | Peak wind was measured at the Minnesota DOT RWIS on Hwy 59. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | Received a report of dime to nickel sized hail. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | Mahnomen Airport (K3N8) AWOS reported 51 knot or 58.7 mph wind gust. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | The Mahnomen AWOS reported the wind gust, associated with a passing thunderstorm. A nearby MNDOT RWIS mesonet sensor also registered a peak wind of 73 mph. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | A gustnado developed on two convergent thunderstorm outflow boundaries and slowly moved across a field. A persistent rotating dust plume was evident. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | A couple of trees were split and broken down across power lines, resulting in local power outages. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | Several large branches were blown down by the strong wind. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | The wind gust was measured by a MNDOT RWIS sensor along highway 59. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Mahnomen | - | A tornado tracked across southern portions of the city of Mahnomen, where it ripped roofing off of a maintenance shed, lifted and tipped a parked semi trailer, slid parked vehicles, and destroyed a small wooden shed. Flying debris impacted and damaged additional vehicles and structures near the casino. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 95 mph. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | Strong winds broke off a large piece of a tree in Mahnomen, where it fell into a street. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | The wind gust was measured by an MNDOT RWIS sensor. |
| September 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Mahnomen | - | A brief cold core funnel was viewed south of Mahnomen. No touchdown was observed. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | The wind gust was measured at the MNDOT RWIS site near Highway 59. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | The wind gust was measured by a MNDOT RWIS sensor. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | The wind gust was measured by a MNDOT RWIS wind sensor on U.S. Highway 59. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | The MNDOT RWIS site southeast of Mahnomen reported a 58 mph wind gust. A barn nearby was damaged. |
| September 2005 | Flash Flood | Mahnomen | - | Flash flooding occurred along Marsh Creek. Water briefly overtopped county road 130 near Marsh Creek. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | Large branches were blown down and power outages were reported. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Mahnomen | - | Highway 200 was flooded by water. Travel in Mahnomen county was not advised, as many other county roads were washed out. Many basements flooded and farm fields were submerged. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Mahnomen | - | Citywide flooding was reported and no travel was advised throughout the county. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | A MN DOT RWIS site measured a 67 mph wind gust. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | A 63 mph wind gust was measured by a Minnesota DOT RWIS site. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | A 60 mph wind gust was measured by a Minnesota DOT RWIS site. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Mahnomen | - | Water was reported to be covering a portion of highway 200 near Mahnomen. |
| July 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Mahnomen | - | A tornado was picked up on video near the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen by a parking lot security camera. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | Strong thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and power lines and tore shingles from many roofs of buildings in the Mahnomen area. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Mahnomen | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mahnomen County Courthouse | 0.6 miles | 1984 |
 | Mahnomen City Hall | 0.8 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000077 in Record Group 79. |
| Mahnomen County | All 3 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.