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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.

Felton within Clay County

Population over time

2 figures

Felton 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.

YearPeople Change
2010177
20201770 (0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
2 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined154 acresDetroit Lakes Wetland Management DistrictFLOWING
16 April 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 October 2015Equipment and vehicle use1,200 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clay County Nickel ProspectNickelOccurrence
B Bar B PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clay County Pit No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clay County Pit No 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clay County Pit No 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clay County Pit No 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kost Brothers No.31 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

22 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2002Thunderstorm WindFelton$500A stack of large round haybales was scattered in the strong wind.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindFelton$500Branches were blown down.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindFelton$200Tree branches were blown down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindFelton-Roof taken off a shed near Felton. Time estimated from radar.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindFelton-Large grain bins were crushed at the elevator complex. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFelton-A shelf cloud and strong winds were reported.
May 2011HailFelton-The hail fell two miles south and 1.25 miles west of Felton.
July 2010Tornado (EF0)Felton-Debris was captured by the KVLY tower camera in Fargo and the location was estimated.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindFelton-A 3 foot diameter tree was knocked over.
June 2005Tornado (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 2020HailFelton-no account filed
August 2020HailFelton-no account filed
August 2015HailFelton-no account filed
June 2007HailFelton-no account filed
August 2006HailFelton-no account filed
August 2004HailFelton-no account filed
August 2002HailFelton-no account filed
August 2002HailFelton-no account filed
July 2001HailFelton-no account filed
July 1999HailFelton-no account filed
July 1999HailFelton-no account filed
July 1997HailFelton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay County

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Averill7.7 miles23
Ulen13.1 miles10
Kragnes14.4 miles25
Glyndon14.5 miles23
Hitterdal14.8 miles8
Georgetown15.3 miles8
Muskoda15.9 miles9
Hawley17.0 miles8

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 FeltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2230809The 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.