Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
“Florence Lake School No. 3 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. It is located approximately 10 miles north of Wing, North Dakota off ND 14.”
Wikipedia article Florence Lake School No. 3, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 29 National Register listings published here for Burleigh County · listed in 2011 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Florence Lake School No. 3 between 1999 and 2019, burning about 46 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DAVIS RANCH |
| 10 December 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge | FLORENCE1 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wing, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 tornado, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wing | $75,000 | A barn was destroyed, and a roof was damaged on another building. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wing | $50,000 | Damage was reported near Wing from severe thunderstorm wind gusts. Several trees and power lines were blown down, along with damage to a deck on a home. |
| July 2010 | Lightning | Wing | $8,000 | Time of this event is based on radar. Lightning struck an old barn and started a fire sometime early Tuesday morning, July 27th. The barn was allowed to burn itself out. A tractor inside the barn was also destroyed. |
| September 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Wing | - | The tornado touched down in an open field northwest of Wing and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown). |
| September 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Wing | - | This is the first event entry for one tornado that passed through two counties, Burleigh and Sheridan. The tornado touched down in an open field north of Wing and impacted no structures before it ended south of Denhoff. During the time this tornado was on the ground, another tornado which caused damage developed in Sheridan County south of Denhoff. With this tornado, there was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown). |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wing | - | The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Wing | - | Strong winds to fifty miles per hour accompanied the large hail. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wing | - | Small tree branches were down. Nickel sized hail accompanied the strong winds. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Wing | - | Hail caused broken windows and 400 acres of crop damage. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Wing | - | Total path was 10 miles long and 4 miles wide and extended from 1 mile east of Wing to 1 east of Tuttle. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wing | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wing | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wing | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wing | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Wing | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Wing | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Wing | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Wing | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Wing | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Wing | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Wing | - | no account filed |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 11000786 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Burleigh County | All 29 listed properties in this county. |
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