Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
“The Pembina County Courthouse in Cavalier, North Dakota was built in 1912. It was designed by architects Buechner & Orth in Beaux Arts style.”
Wikipedia article Pembina County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Pembina County · listed in 1980 · 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 3 fires within 5 miles of Pembina County Courthouse between 2017 and 2018, burning about 53 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RAILROAD FIRE |
| 13 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DEMARS GRASS FIRE |
| 22 October 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TROSEN FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cavalier, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 22 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1997 | Lightning | Cavalier | 2 hurt, $20,000 | A man and his son were walking next to a tree when lightning struck. The two were knocked to the ground, with the tree taking the brunt of the strike. Two businesses in Cavalier were also hit by lightning, damaging their computer systems. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Cavalier | $250,000 | Streets, low spots, rivers, and basements were flooded by 4 to 9 inches of rain over a short duration of time. Cars that got stuck in the flood waters were abandoned where they stalled. Farm fields and access roads were also flooded. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Cavalier | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cavalier | $40,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cavalier | $5,000 | A tree was blown onto a roof. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cavalier | $5,000 | Numerous trees were damaged around the town. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cavalier | $200 | Tree branches were blown down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cavalier | - | The wind gust was measured at the Cavalier airport. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Cavalier | - | The hail was accompanied by very heavy rain. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cavalier | - | Trees were uprooted and power outages were reported. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cavalier | - | Several six to eight inch diameter tree branches and limbs were broken down in town. There was also some street flooding. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cavalier | - | Large tree branches were blown down around town. A 58 mph wind gust was measured at the Cavalier AWOS. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Cavalier | - | Street and basement flooding were reported along the southern edge of Cavalier. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cavalier | - | 75 mph wind gusts were reported, with several trees down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cavalier | - | Metal trim was torn off the Pembina county Emergency Operations Center. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cavalier | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Cavalier | - | Several trees were knocked down in each shelterbelt this tornado crossed. A metal roof was also damaged by the tornado. One to two additional funnels were pendant from the same wall cloud at various times. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Cavalier | - | No significant tree damage occurred, but dust plumes were evident as the tornado crossed open fields. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Cavalier | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Cavalier | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunlogson Farmstead Historic Site | 5.3 miles | 2008 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002923 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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