Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
“The Carl Ben Eielson House, a Queen Anne style house on 8th St. in Hatton, North Dakota, was built in 1900. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.”
Wikipedia article Carl Ben Eielson House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Traill County · listed in 1977 · 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 National Weather Service names Hatton, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 13 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 flood. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | $30,000 | The wind knocked down many large tree branches. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | $20,000 | A fifteen inch diameter tree was blown down by the wind gust. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Hatton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Flood | Hatton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | $500 | Branches were blown down. |
| August 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Hatton | - | This tornado developed about 2.8 miles east of Hatton and tracked northeast. It damaged a farmstead where the garage door of large shed was torn off, a tree was uprooted, and numerous large branches were broken. Numerous large tree branches snapped and uprooted along path as it tracked northeast crossed multiple shelterbelts. Time estimated from KVX radar. TDS observed on radar. Sentinel-2 high resolution satellite imagery reveals crop damage along the path. Maximum wind speed is estimated at 104 mph based on the tree damage. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Hatton | - | A report of 1-inch hail was received via social media. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Hatton | - | This corrects the previous hail report from Hatton. Quarter-sized hail in Hatton was reported via social media. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Hatton | - | Reported by local broadcast media. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Received a public report of a 60 to 70 mph wind gust. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Large branches were blown down and one large spruce tree was snapped in shelterbelts across southern Garfield Township. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hatton | - | Very strong winds accompanied the hail. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | A large tree was toppled, narrowly missing a house. A power pole was also snapped. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Hatton | - | This tornado began in Steele County, about two miles west-southwest of Hatton at 1159 am CST. This tornado was viewed by the Grand Forks Air Traffic Control Tower for nearly 11 minutes, and was initially estimated as being 7 miles southwest of the Grand Forks airport. The tornado had a dramatic dust swirl which was captured on video and photos. Some ground scarring was evident, otherwise no damage was detected. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Hatton | - | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Widespread tree damage occurred throughout Newburgh and Garfield townships in northeast Steele County. At one homestead north of Hatton, several poplar trees were snapped and a patio cover was torn off a house and demolished. Tree damage continued into adjacent townships in Grand Forks and Traill counties. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Tree damage was reported. Some of the branches took down power lines as they fell. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Several large tree branches were knocked down in a shelterbelt. Portions of a ripe bean field were flattened. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Large branches were blown down. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Hatton | - | Intermittent touchdowns occurred in northwest Traill county, from the Steele county line northwest of Hatton to the Grand Forks county line northeast of Hatton. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Hatton | - | The tornado tracked about a mile and damaged several trees. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Hatton | - | 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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andres O. Ness House | 0.3 miles | 1977 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 77001031 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Traill County | All 22 listed properties in this county. |
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