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One of 8 National Register listings published here for Wells County · listed in 2026 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Harvey High School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2026.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 811 Burke Avenue, Harvey, 58341
- When was it listed? January 2026
- Category. building
- Also known as. Federal Relief Construction in North Dakota, 1931-1943, MPS
- City. Harvey city
- National Register reference number. 100012550 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Harvey High School between 2016 and 2019, burning about 52 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/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 3431 28TH AVE NE SELZ |
| 22 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RURAL 03 |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Harvey High School: 2 producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galen Construction Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harvey Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
46 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harvey, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 27 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 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 2018 | Hail | Harvey | $850,000 | A slow moving supercell thunderstorm dropped very large hail on the Harvey area. House roofs and gutters were damaged throughout the city. Many vehicles were damaged with windshields and back windows shattered. Crops were damaged, though most were expected to rebound as the plants were young enough to do so. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Harvey | $750,000 | Hail was accompanied by wind gusts up to 60 mph. Damage was extensive to buildings and at an automobile dealership on the south side of Harvey. There was also crop damage. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | $200,000 | Very strong winds associated with a severe thunderstorm damaged a building at the Harvey airport and also blew over numerous trees and some power lines. Other structural damage was also sustained in and around the Harvey area. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | $80,000 | Three grain bins became dislodged and blew around the farm yard. One became wedged against the house. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | $60,000 | A well constructed wooden barn that was recently built was destroyed. Other farm buildings were damaged. A grain auger was toppled, and a large spruce tree was uprooted. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Harvey | $40,000 | There was damage to the gutters, siding, and roof of the home and other farm buildings. Crop damage was minimal as there was no wind with the hail. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | $35,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in a steel roof being blown off of a farm outbuilding and damage to fence posts. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Harvey | $25,000 | Up to five inches of rain caused street flooding and blocked underpasses in the city of Harvey. In low spots in the city water was flowing through yards and into basements. The water had receded by around 1 AM CDT. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | $20,000 | A grain bin was dislodged and blown into the surrounding bins. Canola crop was pushed down by the strong winds. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | $20,000 | Numerous tree branches were reported blown down by severe thunderstorm winds in Harvey. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | $10,000 | Numerous trees and branches were reported down. The winds were accompanied by pea sized hail. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Harvey | $5,000 | Damage to corn and soybeans on a farm 5 miles north-northeast of Harvey. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | $3,000 | Large tree branches were down. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | $2,000 | Small tree limbs were broken. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | - | This was a public report of strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | - | Strong winds were reported. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Harvey | - | Damage was reported to a sunflower field near Harvey. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Harvey | - | Crop damage reported. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Harvey | - | Lightning started a fire which engulfed a furniture store. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Harvey | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvey | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Power Plant | 0.6 miles | 2020 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012550 in Record Group 79. |
| Wells County | All 8 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.