Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
“The Gerhardt Octagonal Pig House near Gladstone, North Dakota, United States, was built in 1930. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.”
Wikipedia article Gerhardt Octagonal Pig House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Stark County · 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 19 fires within 5 miles of Gerhardt Octagonal Pig House between 2005 and 2020, burning about 714 acres in total. 3 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RAILROAD BRIDGE |
| 20 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 9202019 |
| 10 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | KRANK |
| 9 August 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BNSFSWG |
| 9 August 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | LG TRAIN FIRE |
| 26 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | REBEL COMBINE |
| 10 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | NUEGHOR |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gladstone, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | $60,000 | RV campers were overturned in Gladstone. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Gladstone | $50,000 | Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | $20,000 | An animal lean building was picked up and blown about 20 feet, destroying the building. |
| August 1997 | Lightning | Gladstone | $3,000 | Lightning struck a hay bale stack causing the stack to start on fire. The fire also spread to the surronding ranch land and burned 40 acres of prairie. 70 haybales were lost. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | $3,000 | strong winds blew a pickup camper shell through a garage door. winds occurred 2 NW Gladstone. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | Law Enforcement reported thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph. |
| March 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | A large dead tree was blown over in Gladstone. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Gladstone | - | The hail size was estimated by a photo provided by broadcast media. No damage was reported with this large hail. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Gladstone | - | Trained weather spotters reported this tornado touchdown in open country in the vicinity of Gladstone. The tornado impacted no objects. There was no damage and there were no injuries. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | A trained spotter reported an estimated severe thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Gladstone | - | Traffic on Interstate 94 slowed to a standstill due to the large amount of hail and low visibility. There were no reports of accidents. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | A wind gust of 69 mph was measured on a home weather station. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | 10 inch tree branches down. 1/2 inch diameter hail and 0.98 inches of rainfall in 15 minute period. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | 60 MPH WIND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF NUMEROUS ROOFS |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | Mobile home destroyed. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Gladstone | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Gladstone | - | 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 86002758 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Stark County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
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