Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
“The Vikur Lutheran Church at Mountain is an historic Lutheran church building in Mountain, Pembina County, North Dakota. Built in 1885, it is the oldest Icelandic Lutheran church in the United States.”
Wikipedia article Vikur Lutheran Church at Mountain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Pembina County · listed in 2013 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Vikur Lutheran Church at Mountain between 2017 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2018 | Natural | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | LINDSEY FIRE |
| 28 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MARTINS FIRE |
| 31 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2002 |
| 26 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 1 |
| 9 December 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2020-05056 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | $500,000 | Numerous large tree branches and limbs were broken down or snapped across much of Thingvalla Township. Sheet metal roofing and shingles were blown off buildings in various locations. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Mountain | $200,000 | This tornado snapped trees in shelterbelts and demolished a pole shed at a farmstead. In addition, shingles and roofing materials were peeled from various buildings and a television antenna was bent over. Debris was spread downstream and over a wide arc to the north and northwest by the east-southeast moving storm. Peak winds were estimated at 110 mph. |
| July 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Mountain | $1,000 | A tornado touched down briefly in a farm yard and tracked southeastward into open pastureland where it dissipated. The tornadic winds snapped a poplar tree off near the base and blew lawn furnature around the large multi-dwelling yard. A heavy tarpaulin which covered a large haystack row was partly shredded by the winds. Peak winds were estimated at 65 mph. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | $1,000 | Tree damage was reported in Mountain. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Mountain | - | Broadcast media relays report of 2 inch hail in Pembina county. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Mountain | - | The hail was mostly penny to nickel sized. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Numerous trees were blown down around town. Several buildings also sustained roof damage from large hail and falling tree limbs. Crops across Beaulieu and Thingvalla townships also sustained widespread wind and hail damage. |
| June 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Mountain | - | The funnel clouds were reported on top of the hill on county road 3. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Mountain | - | Intermittent touchdowns occurred along the damage path. The only damage reported was to trees in shelterbelts. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain | - | Large tree branches were blown down. |
| August 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Mountain | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Mountain | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Mountain | - | 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 13000862 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Pembina County | All 12 listed properties in this county. |
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