Foxhome, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Foxhome City. It lies in ZIP code area 56543. The Survey maps it on the Foxhome quadrangle. 126 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFoxhome grew from 116 to 126 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 | 116 | |
| 2020 | 126 | +10 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1919 USGS Rothsay quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Rothsay quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Foxhome quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wahpeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Foxhome between 1993 and 2016, burning about 245 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 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | GERMUNDSON |
| 27 April 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | WIRTH |
| 18 April 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | KLEIN |
| 22 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 November 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | MUDLAKE WF |
| 3 October 1997 | Debris and open burning | 132 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | AGASSIZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Foxhome: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kost Bros Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Foxhome in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 hail, 4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Foxhome | $150,000 | The tornado tracked for about two miles to around two miles north of Foxhome by 6 PM CDT. A machine shed was moved off its foundation. Several large trees were broken down or snapped off near the ground in local shelter belts. The peak winds were estimated at 95 mph with a maximum width of 50 yards. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Foxhome | $50,000 | This tornado began in Wilkin County, but ended in Otter Tail County, on the north side of Fergus Falls. The tornado was wrapped in downburst winds and rain, with a total track length of about 11 miles. The tornado uprooted or snapped numerous trees in shelterbelts along its path. It also snapped a few power poles and tore the roof off and collapsed the walls at a welding and manufacturing shop near the Fergus Falls airport. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foxhome | $5,000 | Four inch diameter branches were blown down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foxhome | - | Ndawn measured gust at Foxhome. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foxhome | - | Combination of quarter sized hail and strong winds striped and destroyed cornfields. Time estimated from Radar. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foxhome | - | A few trees down west of Fergus Falls due to wind. |
| October 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Foxhome | - | A persistent funnel cloud was noted, with photos and videos posted to social media. Eyewitnesses reported that there were no touchdowns or damage observed. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Foxhome | - | This tornado touchdown was viewed and photographed though it was enshrouded in either dust or rain at times. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph. |
| April 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Foxhome | - | Multiple brief funnels were observed moving eastward across Wilkin County. One of these produced a very brief and non-damaging ground contact near the intersection of county roads 16 and 19. |
| July 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Foxhome | - | A brief touchdown was reported. |
| July 2002 | Flash Flood | Foxhome | - | Four township roads were under water and one was washed out. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Foxhome | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Foxhome | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Foxhome | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Foxhome | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Foxhome | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Foxhome | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Foxhome | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Foxhome | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Foxhome | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Foxhome | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Foxhome | - | 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 Foxhome | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2231760 | 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 643869. 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.






