Built in 1920 (Prairie School architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Mercer County · listed in 1997 · category: Building · built in 1920, Prairie School architecture, by Frederick W. Keith.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Beulah School between 2012 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TRANSFER STATION |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HWY 49 |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | Y FIRE |
| 15 August 2016 | Natural | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 544 CTY RD 9 |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | FAUT |
| 20 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 160 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | ERICKSON FIRE |
| 18 July 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HWY 200 WEST OF COUNTY RD 17 |
| 13 July 2017 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 121 4TH ST NW |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beulah School: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pischel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beulah, the town this property stands in, in 72 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 38 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 funnel cloud. 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 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Beulah | $150,000 | damage confined to farm stead. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | $70,000 | Estimated winds of 60 mph were reported. A light pole at a gas station in Beulah was blown over, along with several trees in the town of Beulah blown down. Blown over trees or branches knocked utility lines to the ground, momentarily disrupting power. |
| August 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Beulah | $50,000 | A tornado touched down in Mercer County and impacted a farmstead. A large cottonwood tree was uprooted and two grain bins were destroyed. The damage corresponded to a middle EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita Tornado Scale. From that it was determined that wind speeds were around 75 mph. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Beulah | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Beulah | $40,000 | Flash flooding between the cities of Beulah and Hazen, along each side of highway 200, and in the city of Beulah. Major roads were not flooded while some county roads were under water and partially washed out. A few streets in Beulah were closed due to high water. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Beulah | $30,000 | There was crop, roof, and vehicle damage. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | $20,000 | Roof torn from barn. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | $10,000 | Large hail accompanied the strong winds and damaged property on the farm. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts resulted in some tree damage in and around Beulah. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Beulah | $7,000 | A pickup truck was damaged. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | $5,000 | A chicken coop was destroyed. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Beulah | - | NWS had no reports of damage. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | Wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | The public estimated wind gusts to 70 mph. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 65 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | Wind gust speed was estimated by a storm chaser. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | Heavy rain accompanied the strong winds. |
| July 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Beulah | - | This tornado was reported by law enforcement. It moved near Beulah, Mercer County, just to the west and north of the city. No damage was reported. The same thunderstorm complex that produced this tornado in Mercer County produced one earlier northwest of Golden Valley, Mercer County, and one before that south of Manning in Dunn County. See Dunn County and other Mercer County tornado entries. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Beulah | - | A heavy rainfall report of 2.70 inches in one hour was received. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Beulah | - | Hail size ranged from ping pong ball to golfball sized. Strong winds up to 60 miles per hour accompanied the hail. The wind driven hail resulted in area crop damage. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | Large hail accompanied the strong winds. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Beulah | - | Strong winds accompanied the large hail and damaged the farm. The dollar damage estimate was placed with the high thunderstorm wind Storm Data entry. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | No damage was reported with the severe thunderstorm wind gust. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | Heavy rain accompanied the strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Beulah | - | This report was from the Severe Hail Verification Experiment. No damage was reported. |
| June 2007 | Heavy Rain | Beulah | - | Rainfall was 1.90 inches within 30 minutes. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Beulah | - | Gusty winds accompanied the storm with 0.44 inches of rain. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Beulah | - | Also had 60 mph wind gusts. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Beulah | - | 45 mph winds accompanied the storm. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Beulah | - | Reported by a NWS cooperative observer. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | Numerous large trees down. Reported by a NWS cooperative observer. |
| June 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Beulah | - | Cooperative observer reported 1.50 inches of rain in a 20 minuate time period in the city of Beulah. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | Cooperative observer reported the event last nearly 60 minutes. Several tree limbs down and a large tree split in two. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | Two foot diameter tree's snapped. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | Wind occurred 7 S Beulah |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | occurred 7 S of Beulah |
| September 2024 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Beulah | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Beulah | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fred Krause House | 7.4 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97001200 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Mercer County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
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