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Photograph of Havre Residential Historic District
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Havre Residential Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

“The Havre Residential Historic District is a site on the National Register of Historic Places encompassing 36 blocks in Havre, Montana.”

Wikipedia article Havre Residential Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Hill County · listed in 1989 · category: District.

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

The listing

Fires near this property

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Havre Residential Historic District between 2011 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreHill CountyFDH-MTLG12-108
18 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use25 acresBenton Lake Wetland Management DistrictSANDS WPA
25 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHill CountyFDH-MTLG12-46

Every fire recorded in Hill County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Havre Residential Historic District: 1 producer. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Havre Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hill County

Storms near this property

60 of 85 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Havre, the town this property stands in, in 85 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 45 thunderstorm wind, 33 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2004Thunderstorm WindHavre1 hurt, $10,000no account filed
June 1998Flash FloodHavre$233,000no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindHavre$200,000no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHavre-Montana mesonet station Lake Thubadeau W peak gust.
August 2025HailHavre-Social media picture of hail approximated to be 1.25 inches or a bit larger 1 mile south of Havre. Time estimated using radar.
July 2024HailHavre-Public report of golf ball to baseball sized hail that lasted about ten minutes. Hail completely covered the ground.
July 2024HailHavre-Reported via social media with images. Time estimated via radar.
July 2024HailHavre-Facebook report.
July 2024HailHavre-Social media report showing golf ball to egg sized hail that lasted for about 12 minutes. 0.2 inches of rain with the storm.
July 2024HailHavre-Quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported by a trained spotter. Hail was reported to be completely covering the ground.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHavre-Trained spotter reported 81 mph wind gust 1 mile ENE of Havre.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHavre-Station MTM06 (7 WSW Havre) measured a 54 kt (62 mph) thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2020HailHavre-Sustained winds of 40 to 55 mph, with pea to penny size hail.
June 2020HailHavre-Heavy rain and hail of at least one inch in diameter.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHavre-Trained spotter reported 55 KT winds gust.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHavre-Saddle Butte Havre station reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 50 KT.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHavre-Several branches down in Havre. Damage and branch sizes are estimated. One was approximately 8 to 10 inches in diameter, but it came from a dead tree. The other one was from a live tree that was possibly 2 inches in diameter.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHavre-Outflow wind gust from a thunderstorm along the Canadian border.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHavre-Mesonet station recorded a 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2019HailHavre-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail and minor flooding along highway 2 near mile marker 2.
May 2018HailHavre-Spotter reported quarter-size hail two-miles east of Havre.
May 2018HailHavre-Spotter measured 1.1-inch diameter hail and estimated their location to be six-miles east of Havre.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHavre-Trained spotter estimated a peak gust of 60 to 70 mph associated with the downdraft of a weakening thunderstorm. The spotter also reported pea-size hail.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHavre-Public reported damage to building in city of Havre. Damage caused by severe thunderstorm winds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHavre-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 65 mph at Havre 3N.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHavre-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 62 mph at Havre 31N.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHavre-A thunderstorm produced a 58 mph gust at the Havre ASOS site.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHavre-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 78 mph at Havre 26N. Also a gust to 58 mph was reported at the Havre airport.
July 2015HailHavre-Golf ball size hail and power outage reported due to thunderstorm.
July 2014HailHavre-Hail, measuring .88 inches (nickel sized), was reported along with .50 inches of rain.
August 2014Heavy RainHavre-Heavy rain, measuring 0.97 inches in 10 minutes, was reported.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHavre-High wind gusts, estimated at 50KT (58MPH), blew a tree onto a vehicle. A camper was blown over, power lines were down, and a fence was also blown down.
August 2014Heavy RainHavre-Heavy rain, measuring 0.46 inches in 30 minutes, was reported near Havre, MT.
August 2014HailHavre-Hail, measuring .88 inches (nickel sized), was reported.
August 2014HailHavre-Hail, measuring .88 inches (nickel sized), was reported.
August 2014HailHavre-Hail, measuring .88 inches (nickel sized), was reported.
July 2013Heavy RainHavre-Heavy rain of 1.25 inches measured in 20 minutes caused localized flooding.
July 2013HailHavre-Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) and heavy rainfall flooding the streets were reported in Havre, MT.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHavre-High winds measuring 63KT (72MPH) were reported 23 mi N of Havre, MT at Mud Lake.
August 2013HailHavre-Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported near Havre, MT by a former NWS employee.
August 2013HailHavre-Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported 25 miles N of Havre, MT.
August 2013HailHavre-Hail measuring 1.75 inches (golf ball sized) was reported 25 miles N of Havre, MT.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHavre-High winds measuring 57KT (66MPH) were reported 27 mi N of Havre, MT. Heavy rain of .44 inches in 30 minutes was also reported with the storm.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHavre-Winds gusted to 56KT (64MPH) 30 miles N of Havre.
August 2011HailHavre-A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Havre 1E.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHavre-A thunderstorm produced a wind hust to 59 mph at the Havre ASOS site.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHavre-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 67 mph at Havre 4W (the Havre ASOS site).
July 2009HailHavre-A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Havre 4SW. The hail broke a vehicle's windshield.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHavre-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 59 mph at Havre 4W (the Havre ASOS site).
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHavre-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 80 mph at Havre 21W. The wind knocked a railroad boxcar off the tracks spilling its content of Oreo cookies.
July 2008HailHavre-A severe thunderstorm dropped .88 inch diameter hail at Havre.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHavre-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 67 mph at the Havre ASOS site.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHavre-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph in the city of Havre.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHavre-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at the Havre ASOS site.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHavre-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 59 mph at the Havre ASOS site.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHavre-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Havre.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHavre-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 89 mph at Havre 23N. The wind destoyed several farm sheds and snapped numerous trees.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHavre-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Havre 12N.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHavre-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Havre 20S.
July 2007HailHavre-A severe thunderstorm dropped 1.25 inch diameter hail at the Hill County Sheriff's office in Havre.

Every storm recorded in Hill 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
H. Earl Clack House0.2 miles1985
Carnegie Public Library0.2 miles1986
Young-Almas House0.2 miles1980
US Post Office and Courthouse-Havre Main0.4 miles1986
Northern Montana College Girls Residence Hall0.5 miles2024
Heltne Oil Company0.5 miles1994

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89001630 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hill CountyAll 9 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.