Emma Petznick and Otto Schade House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

From the record

“The Emma Petznick and Otto Schade House in Bowman, North Dakota, United States, is a Prairie School house built in 1919. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.”
Wikipedia article Emma Petznick and Otto Schade House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Bowman County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.

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

The listing

Listed as. Schade, Emma Petznick and Otto, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 406 W. Divide, Bowman, 58623
When was it listed? April 2008
Category. building
Township. Bowman township
Architectural style. Prairie School architecture
National Register reference number. 08000313 - 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

20 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Emma Petznick and Otto Schade House between 2005 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Natural	2
Smoking	1
Debris and open burning	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
4 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	HONEY BEE HAY FIRE
3 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	POINT REC HAY FIRE
27 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	SOUTH OF CASHWAY
23 August 2005	Natural	30 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	not named
2 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	DAVE SEPTON
15 August 2006	Natural	4.2 acres	Dakota Prairie National Grasslands	MIKES CREEK
11 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	DOBITZ TREES FIRE
4 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	HAY FIELD FIRE HIGHWAY 85 MILE MARKER 5

Every fire recorded in Bowman County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Emma Petznick and Otto Schade House: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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
John Bowman	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Roy Kern Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Walt Boxeth	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Bowman County

Storms near this property

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bowman, the town this property stands in, in 72 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 42 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 4 funnel cloud, 2 lightning. 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 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	$400,000	Thunderstorm winds blew part of the roof off of the West River Clinic on the southeast side of Bowman. No damage occurred to mobile homes being transported, gas station awnings, campers, or other structures in the area around the clinic. There appeared to be a significant overhang of the roof on that upwind side of the building, where the wind direction and speed caught it just in the right location, to cause the damage. All the debris from the roof blew in a north-northwest direction, with some insulation making it to the Bowman School.
June 2007	Flood	Bowman	$400,000	Total 5.6 inches of rain was reported over the duration of the rain event. Spring creek was running out of its banks. Water was running across farm roads and fields.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	$300,000	Farms damaged 9 miles south and 4 miles east of Bowman, 7 south and 3 east of Bowman, and 2 south and 3 east of Bowman. Some damage significant and to grain bins, barns, other outbuildings. and crops.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	$250,000	A large pole barn building was severely damaged, with the majority of the roofing material and rafters blown off, one wall completely destroyed, and another wall mostly destroyed. The main leg of a grain distribution system was completely blown over, along with the bin distribution pipes. Multiple large grain bins and hopper bins were dented, with one hopper bin completely blown over.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Bowman	$50,000	Heavy rainfall from an isolated thunderstorm produced flash flooding within the city of Bowman. Water ran through yards and some basement flooding was reported. The rain was so heavy that visibility was reduced to two city blocks.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	$5,000	Trees down in Bowman.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by Emergency Management.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the public.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the Emergency Manager.
May 2018	Funnel Cloud	Bowman	-	A funnel cloud developed in the vicinity of Bowman.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	Emergency management estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	The public reported the strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	A report of a severe wind gust was received.
June 2007	Hail	Bowman	-	Multiple hail reports from the Bowman County Emergency Manager. Hail lasted for about 5 minutes.
July 2006	Hail	Bowman	-	Lots of small hail. Largest stones were penny sized.
June 2005	Hail	Bowman	-	Wind gust to 50 mph accompanied the hail.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	Thunderstorm wind gust measured at the Bowman radar site.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	Pea size hail reported with the storm.
July 2001	Hail	Bowman	-	Reported by ham operator.
August 1998	Lightning	Bowman	-	100 acres burned
July 1998	Funnel Cloud	Bowman	-	Warning sirens were sounded in the city of Bowman but the funnel did not touch down.
August 1998	Lightning	Bowman	-	100 acres destoryed by fire caused by lightning
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	75 MPH WIND
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2022	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2018	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
June 2018	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
June 2018	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
June 2018	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
June 2018	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
June 2018	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	no account filed
September 2013	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
September 2013	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2010	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2008	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2006	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
August 2006	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
September 2005	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
March 2004	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2004	Funnel Cloud	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2004	Funnel Cloud	Bowman	-	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Bowman	-	no account filed
July 2001	Hail	Bowman	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bowman 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 08000313 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Bowman County	All 2 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.