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Photograph of Fort Dilts
Photograph by Karebear575, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Fort Dilts

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Fort Dilts was a makeshift sod fort built near Rhame, North Dakota, United States, in September 1864 to fend off attacks by Hunkpapa Sioux Indians led by Sitting Bull upon an encircled wagon train of would-be gold-miners and a small military escort of convalescent soldiers.”

Wikipedia article Fort Dilts, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Bowman County · listed in 1980 · category: Site.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Address Unknown, Rhame, 58651
  • When was it listed? November 1980
  • Category. site
  • Unorganized territory. West Bowman
  • National Register reference number. 80002907 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Storms near this property

60 of 89 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rhame, the town this property stands in, in 89 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 53 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2009HailRhame$600,000A one to two mile wide swath of large and destructive hail was reported. The largest stone was measured at three and one half inches in diameter. There was significant damage to roofs on the north and east sides of Bowman, and to structures in rural north and east Bowman County.
June 2019HailRhame$250,000Substantial damage was reported to roofs and siding in Rhame. Tree leaves were also stripped.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindRhame$100,000A barn was destroyed with the debris completely removed from the original site.
June 2019HailRhame$50,000Vehicles were dented by the hail.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Rhame$50,000A metal calf shed was destroyed at a farmstead one half mile south of Rhame. The shed was blown one quarter of a mile through several fences.
March 2009FloodRhame$37,000Overland flooding damaged county and township roads. Three homes were flooded.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindRhame$5,000Two corrals were destroyed and a highline power line was down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindRhame$2,000A motorcycle was knocked over and a flag was torn up.
July 2010HailRhame$2,000The large hail broke out the windsheild on a truck.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRhame-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindRhame-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the public.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRhame-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRhame-Thunderstorm wind gusts were reported by Emergency Management.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRhame-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRhame-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 70 mph.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindRhame-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRhame-A trained spotter west-southwest of Rhame reported strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRhame-No damage was reported with this severe wind gust.
May 2011Heavy RainRhame-A storm total rainfall of 2.01 inches was reported.
May 2011Funnel CloudRhame-A brief funnel cloud was observed by a trained weather spotter. This report was relayed through the Bowman County Emergency Manager.
July 2011HailRhame-There were no damage reports received.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRhame-Strong thunderstorm winds occurred over southwest Bowman County.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRhame-Nickel size hail accompanied the strong winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRhame-No reports of damage from the strong winds was reported.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRhame-Heavy rain accompanied the strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRhame-Quarter sized hail accompanied the strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009Tornado (EF0)Rhame-A newspaper article mentioned a brief tornado near Rhame. There was no mention of damage. Follow up with law enforcement also indicated that no damage was done.
August 2007HailRhame-The spotter reported a long duration hail event, 20 minutes.
July 2003HailRhame-Reported by a NWS cooperative observer.
June 2001LightningRhame-Lightning struck and killed a calf in the front yard of a ranch.
June 2001LightningRhame-Lightning caused a prairie fire which was put out by rain from the storm.
July 2001HailRhame-Reported by a Ham operator.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRhame-Numerous tree branches down.
July 2000HailRhame-Several farm homes received damage to siding and broken windows.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Rhame-power lines down. damage amount unknown.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindRhame-Tree's uprooted.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindRhame-Winds also combined with 3/4 inch hail. damage to most of crops.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindRhame-no account filed
July 2025HailRhame-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRhame-no account filed
July 2023HailRhame-no account filed
July 2023HailRhame-no account filed
October 2022HailRhame-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRhame-no account filed
August 2020HailRhame-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRhame-no account filed
June 2019HailRhame-no account filed
September 2018Funnel CloudRhame-no account filed
June 2018HailRhame-no account filed
June 2017HailRhame-no account filed
July 2017HailRhame-no account filed
June 2016HailRhame-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRhame-no account filed
July 2016HailRhame-no account filed
July 2016HailRhame-no account filed
July 2016HailRhame-no account filed
July 2016HailRhame-no account filed
June 2015HailRhame-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRhame-no account filed
June 2015HailRhame-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bowman County

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80002907 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Bowman CountyAll 2 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.
  • 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.