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Hoffman, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hoffman City. It lies in ZIP code area 56339. The Survey maps it on the Hoffman quadrangle. 698 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,247 feet above sea level.

Hoffman within Grant County

Population over time

2 figures

Hoffman grew from 681 to 698 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
2010681
2020698+17 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

8 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hoffman between 2002 and 2020, burning about 277 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
29 May 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictSTEINLICHT
5 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictSELLEVOLD (SOUTH)
5 April 2003Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictSELLEVOLD
17 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined130 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictHASEMAN WILDFIRE (110 FIRE)
11 April 2010Debris and open burning2.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2003Debris and open burning20 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

44 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoffman in 44 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 21 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 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
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHoffman$150,000Roofs were lifted and torn off, which resulted in walls collapsing on two large hog finishing barns in southeast Land Township. The 800 hogs were not injured.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHoffman$15,000A cattle barn was damaged by the wind as well as trees and power lines.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindHoffman$3,000Wind blew down large trees and power poles in Hoffman and folded back the roof on a farm building.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindHoffman$1,000A windmill was blown over in the strong wind.
July 2024HailHoffman-Public reports half dollar sized hail.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHoffman-Pictures relayed of tree damage due to high winds.
July 2023HailHoffman-Golf ball sized hail reported by a Grant county Deputy, relayed by dispatch.
August 2020Tornado (EF1)Hoffman-This tornado was the fifth and southernmost of five tornadoes that occurred in Grant County. This tornado had a persistent wall cloud for several minutes prior to tornado development. The tornado quickly became wrapped in heavy rain. It snapped or uprooted several trees, and tore roofing off of a home and a pole shed before passing over highway 55, as confirmed by video and a storm damage survey. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHoffman-Several large tree branches were blown down.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHoffman-A small metal shed was blown over and tumbled through a yard.
June 2020HailHoffman-Pea to quarter sized hail fell at the White Horse Ranch east of Herman.
June 2019HailHoffman-The hail was pretty soft and was accompanied by very heavy rain.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindHoffman-The report was relayed through Spotter Network.
June 2017Funnel CloudHoffman-A funnel cloud moved up from the south. The storm had produced an earlier touchdown in adjacent portions of northern Stevens County.
June 2017Tornado (EF0)Hoffman-A northward moving supercell thunderstorm produced multiple distinct tornadoes across eastern Stevens County and into far southeastern Grant County. This brief tornado touchdown was observed and videoed by two storm chaser groups over an open field south-southwest of Hoffman. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph.
June 2016HailHoffman-Several half dollar to ping pong ball sized hailstones were found, though not enough to cover the ground.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHoffman-A few four to six inch diameter tree branches were broken down in shelterbelts and crops were flattened in a few spots.
July 2016HailHoffman-Very strong winds were also reported.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHoffman-Numerous trees were blown down along the highway 55 corridor between Barrett and Hoffman.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHoffman-Many large trees were blown down along highway 55 between Barrett and Hoffman.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHoffman-The wind gust was estimated by a trained spotter.
May 2012HailHoffman-The storm left banks of mainly dime to nickel sized hail covering the ground, although there were also some quarter sized hail in the mix. Heavy rain and moderate to strong winds accompanied the hail.
July 2010Tornado (EF0)Hoffman-A tornado briefly touched down.
June 2006Tornado (F1)Hoffman-The tornado tracked to the east through central Roseville Township, tearing up several large trees in the corner of a shelterbelt. A tall steel silo was dented in near the top and the silo cap was torn off. The tornado was briefly visible from about 3 miles southwest of Barrett. The peak wind speeds were estimated at 90 mph.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHoffman-6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs were ripped off.
June 2005Funnel CloudHoffman-This funnel cloud formed near the county line.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHoffman-Large 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHoffman-Many large trees were knocked down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindHoffman-Several trees were uprooted and numerous branches were blown down.
June 2003Flash FloodHoffman-Water flowed over several rural roads.
July 2019HailHoffman-no account filed
May 2014HailHoffman-no account filed
July 2010HailHoffman-no account filed
April 2007HailHoffman-no account filed
June 2006HailHoffman-no account filed
July 2006HailHoffman-no account filed
July 2006HailHoffman-no account filed
June 2005HailHoffman-no account filed
March 2004HailHoffman-no account filed
August 2004HailHoffman-no account filed
June 2003HailHoffman-no account filed
June 2003HailHoffman-no account filed
August 2002HailHoffman-no account filed
August 1997HailHoffman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Barrett7.6 miles10
Erdahl11.3 miles10
Thorsborg (historical)11.8 miles10
Elbow Lake15.0 miles10
Ashby18.2 miles13
Herman18.7 miles10
Norcross21.7 miles10
Wendell21.7 miles10

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 HoffmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1968710The 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 645053. 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.

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.