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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.

Foxhome within Wilkin County

Population over time

2 figures

Foxhome 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.

YearPeople Change
2010116
2020126+10 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

6 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined3
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 May 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined56 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictGERMUNDSON
27 April 1998Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictWIRTH
18 April 1993Natural1.0 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictKLEIN
22 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 November 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictMUDLAKE WF
3 October 1997Debris and open burning132 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictAGASSIZ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kost Bros PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wilkin County

Storms near this place

22 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Tornado (EF1)Foxhome$150,000The 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 2020Tornado (EF1)Foxhome$50,000This 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 2008Thunderstorm WindFoxhome$5,000Four inch diameter branches were blown down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFoxhome-Ndawn measured gust at Foxhome.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFoxhome-Combination of quarter sized hail and strong winds striped and destroyed cornfields. Time estimated from Radar.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFoxhome-A few trees down west of Fergus Falls due to wind.
October 2021Funnel CloudFoxhome-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 2017Tornado (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 2012Funnel CloudFoxhome-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 2002Tornado (F0)Foxhome-A brief touchdown was reported.
July 2002Flash FloodFoxhome-Four township roads were under water and one was washed out.
August 2016HailFoxhome-no account filed
July 2015HailFoxhome-no account filed
June 2012HailFoxhome-no account filed
July 2008HailFoxhome-no account filed
June 2007HailFoxhome-no account filed
June 2006HailFoxhome-no account filed
October 2004HailFoxhome-no account filed
May 2002HailFoxhome-no account filed
June 2001HailFoxhome-no account filed
August 1996HailFoxhome-no account filed
August 1996HailFoxhome-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wilkin 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
Everdell5.2 miles11
Doran11.2 miles8
Campbell13.4 miles8
Rothsay13.7 miles11
Breckenridge14.8 miles11
Nashua16.5 miles8
Tenney17.8 miles8
Brushvale18.8 miles11

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 FoxhomeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2231760The 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.