Felton, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Felton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56536. The Survey maps it on the Felton quadrangle. 177 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 912 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFelton grew from 177 to 177 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 177 | |
| 2020 | 177 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Felton quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Felton between 1992 and 2015, burning about 1,356 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 154 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | FLOWING |
| 16 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,200 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Felton: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County Nickel Prospect | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| B Bar B Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clay County Pit No 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clay County Pit No 4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clay County Pit No 5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clay County Pit No 6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kost Brothers No.31 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Felton in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 13 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Felton | $500 | A stack of large round haybales was scattered in the strong wind. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Felton | $500 | Branches were blown down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Felton | $200 | Tree branches were blown down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Felton | - | Roof taken off a shed near Felton. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Felton | - | Large grain bins were crushed at the elevator complex. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Felton | - | A shelf cloud and strong winds were reported. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Felton | - | The hail fell two miles south and 1.25 miles west of Felton. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Felton | - | Debris was captured by the KVLY tower camera in Fargo and the location was estimated. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Felton | - | A 3 foot diameter tree was knocked over. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Felton | - | The tornado briefly touched down in Felton. Many large trees were uprooted or snapped off. Some roof damage was also reported from broken tree branches. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Felton | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Felton | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Felton | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Felton | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Felton | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Felton | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Felton | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Felton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Felton | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Felton | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Felton | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Felton | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Felton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230809 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 643595. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




