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Fox, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Ross Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56751. The Survey maps it on the Fox quadrangle.

Fox within Roseau County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

49 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Fox between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,503 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 were 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
Debris and open burning31
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use10 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 September 1996Debris and open burning40 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 August 2012Debris and open burning17 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use10 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 June 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 June 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roseau County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fox: 3 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Holland Pit & Mill No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Roseau PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Walrath Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Roseau County

Storms near this place

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fox in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2004Thunderstorm WindFox$20,000A 30x60 foot storage shed was blown off its foundation and destroyed. Several trees, greater than 6 inches in diameter, were uprooted.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFox-The wind gust was measured by a NDAWN mesonet sensor.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindFox-Several small trees and an old large tree were snapped in shelterbelts.
September 2019HailFox-Strong winds also knocked down large branches.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindFox-Several large tree branches were blown down.
August 2015HailFox-Very heavy rain and strong wind accompanied the hail.
August 2015HailFox-Numerous very large hailstones were collected and photographed, measuring from 4 to 4.5 inches in diameter.
June 2014HailFox-Dime to quarter size hail fell.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindFox-The strong winds were reported by law enforcement personnel.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Fox-A brief tornado touchdown occurred near Fox. No significant damage was detected.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFox-The roof was blown off a house.
August 2015HailFox-no account filed
August 2015HailFox-no account filed
August 2015HailFox-no account filed
June 2015HailFox-no account filed
June 1999HailFox-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roseau 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
Ross4.8 miles8
Roseau7.2 miles9
Badger7.3 miles9
Pinecreek9.9 miles8
Malung10.3 miles8
Haug15.2 miles9
Wannaska15.2 miles7
Pencer16.9 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 643856. 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.