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Sentinel Butte Public School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Sentinel Butte Public School on Byron St. in Sentinel Butte, North Dakota, United States, also known as Sentinel Butte High School, was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, for its architecture.”

Wikipedia article Sentinel Butte Public School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Golden Valley County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Byron St., Sentinel Butte, 58654
  • When was it listed? October 1982
  • Category. building
  • Township. Sentinel township
  • Architect. Haxby & Gillespie
  • National Register reference number. 82001313 - 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.

Fires near this property

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sentinel Butte Public School between 2006 and 2015, burning about 7 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
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
10 August 2006Naturalunder an acreTheodore Roosevelt National ParkMILE 36
27 July 2015Natural7.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceFIERING LIGHTNING FIRE

Every fire recorded in Golden Valley County

Storms near this property

29 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sentinel Butte, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 16 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSentinel Butte$15,000The strong winds blew over a small shed and a camper causing damage. A flagpole was bent over and an old farm building was destroyed.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSentinel Butte$15,000Siding was blown off buildings.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindSentinel Butte-Local fire department officials estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSentinel Butte-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the public.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSentinel Butte-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm winds were gusting to 60 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSentinel Butte-Strong winds were reported in Sentinel Butte.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindSentinel Butte-Large hail accompanied the strong thunderstorm winds.
September 2010HailSentinel Butte-Strong thunderstorm winds accompanied the large hail.
July 2009Tornado (EF0)Sentinel Butte-A brief tornado occurred. The tornado touched down in open country and impacted no structures. There were no reports of damage.
June 2006HailSentinel Butte-Winds also estimated up to 50 mph.
July 2004HailSentinel Butte-Wind gust to 55 mph (48 knots) accompanied the storm.
August 2000LightningSentinel Butte-Lightning started numerous fires and smoke reduced visibilities on interstate 94 to 1/2 mile at times.
August 1999HailSentinel Butte-Automoble damage along interstate 94.
May 2023HailSentinel Butte-no account filed
July 2023HailSentinel Butte-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSentinel Butte-no account filed
June 2020HailSentinel Butte-no account filed
June 2020HailSentinel Butte-no account filed
July 2016HailSentinel Butte-no account filed
May 2015Funnel CloudSentinel Butte-no account filed
May 2015HailSentinel Butte-no account filed
September 2015HailSentinel Butte-no account filed
July 2011HailSentinel Butte-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSentinel Butte-no account filed
July 2005HailSentinel Butte-no account filed
June 2002HailSentinel Butte-no account filed
June 2002HailSentinel Butte-no account filed
June 2000HailSentinel Butte-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindSentinel Butte-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Golden Valley 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.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Golden Valley County Courthouse7.8 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82001313 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Golden Valley 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.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • 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.