Built in 1910. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
“Hotel Brown is a national historic site located at 202 Main St. N., Flasher, North Dakota in Morton County.”
Wikipedia article Hotel Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 11 National Register listings published here for Morton County · listed in 2014 · category: Building · built in 1910.
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 Hotel Brown between 2016 and 2018, burning about 34 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HEY 21 |
| 8 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | SHAFER |
| 20 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RICHTER |
| 7 May 2018 | Natural | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MILE MARKER 114 |
| 2 October 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MM 112 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flasher, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 21 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Hail | Flasher | $400,000 | Very large hail combined with wind gusts to cause extensive damage. At one farmstead, all windows were broken out of the north side of two homes. Steel siding was dented on one home, and vinyl siding was destroyed on the other. Five vehicles had their windows broken. Crops were flattened and trees were stripped of leaves. Other farmsteads in the area also had broken windows in their homes, and destroyed crops. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flasher | $150,000 | A home sustained substantial damage due to straight line winds. Approximately one-half of the roofing on the west side of the home blew off, with much of the remaining metal roof covering on the west side also being blown off. An attached permanent front porch awning on the west side, a wheel barrow, and multiple children's toys were also blown away. The debris blew towards the east-northeast. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flasher | $50,000 | A semi-truck and trailer were blown over by thunderstorm winds. The very strong winds continued for a few minutes after the truck blew over. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Flasher | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flasher | $20,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts resulted in some structural damage to a farmstead along with isolated power outages in the area. Corral walls were blown down, windows were blown out, and some tree branches and shingles were reported on the ground. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flasher | $3,000 | One tree on the end of a shelterbelt broke off just above ground level. A wind break panel was torn off and blown over a fence. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Flasher | - | Crop damage occurred with the large hail. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flasher | - | The public estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Flasher | - | A tornado touched down in a rural area north of Flasher and traveled about one-tenth of a mile. No damage, injuries, or fatalities were reported. No structures were impacted and so the tornado was rated EF-0. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flasher | - | Estimated thunderstorm winds of 60 miles per hour were reported northwest of Flasher. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flasher | - | Numerous tree branches were blown down in Flasher from severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Flasher | - | This report was from the Severe Hail Verification Experiment. No damage was reported. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flasher | - | Reported by a NSW cooperative observer. |
| August 1995 | Hail | Flasher | - | Thunderstorm winds of 55 to 60 mph were also reported. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flasher | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flasher | - | 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 14000335 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Morton County | All 11 listed properties in this county. |
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