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Photograph of Burke County World War Memorial Hall
Photograph by Andrew Filer, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Burke County World War Memorial Hall

Built in 1931 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

From the record

“The Burke County World War Memorial Hall in Flaxton in Burke County, North Dakota was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.”

Wikipedia article Burke County World War Memorial Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Burke County · listed in 2018 · category: Building · built in 1931, Neoclassical architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. 101 1st St., Flaxton, 58737
  • When was it listed? January 2018
  • Category. building
  • City. Flaxton city
  • When was it built? 1931
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 100001952 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

6 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Burke County World War Memorial Hall between 2016 and 2020, burning about 28 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

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
1 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMA
24 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSORLIE
22 May 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGANSKO
24 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2016012
6 March 2016Other causes2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceFLAXTON HOUSE BURN
13 March 2016Debris and open burning20 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2016006

Every fire recorded in Burke County

Storms near this property

11 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flaxton, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2002LightningFlaxton$50,000Lightning destroyed 4-400 barrel gas and oil storage tanks.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFlaxton$8,000Four trees blew over on a property with many trees.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindFlaxton-Law enforcement estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
June 2018HailFlaxton-no account filed
August 2016HailFlaxton-no account filed
July 2015HailFlaxton-no account filed
June 2012HailFlaxton-no account filed
July 2012Funnel CloudFlaxton-no account filed
July 2012HailFlaxton-no account filed
August 2010HailFlaxton-no account filed
August 2003HailFlaxton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Burke 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 recordThe nomination case file for reference 100001952 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Burke CountyAll 4 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.