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Newfolden, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in New Folden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56738. The Survey maps it on the Newfolden quadrangle. 352 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,096 feet above sea level.

Newfolden within Marshall County

Population over time

2 figures

Newfolden fell from 368 to 352 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
2010368
2020352-16 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

42 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Newfolden between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,090 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning14
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1

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
7 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use40 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2012Arson/incendiarism20 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 2018Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2018Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2019Fireworks31 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall 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 Newfolden: 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
Marshall County Newfolden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newfolden in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 11 hail, 10 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
June 2022Tornado (EF1)Newfolden-This tornado was likely wrapped in heavy rain, hail and damaging winds as it tracked for roughly 2.5 miles to around 3 miles SSW of Middle River by 353 pm CDT. It snapped or uprooted numerous ash, poplar, and spruce trees at homesteads and groves along it's path. A total of 6 wooden power poles were snapped on north-south lines along 120th and 130th ave ne. Hail ranged in size from 1 to 2 inches in diameter. Peak winds estimated to 105 mph, with a max width of 300 yards.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindNewfolden-Trees were blown down on top of a house and car. Report and photos were reported via social media.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNewfolden-A baseball dugout was blown over.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNewfolden-A tree was blown down at a rural homestead.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindNewfolden-A few large tree branches were blown down.
June 2019HailNewfolden-Dime to quarter sized hail fell, along with strong winds and heavy rain.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNewfolden-Trees were blown down.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindNewfolden-A large tree limb was blown down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNewfolden-A large tree branch was blown down.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindNewfolden-Large branches were blown down around town.
August 2013HailNewfolden-The hail was very soft.
July 2011HailNewfolden-Numerous quarter to ping pong ball sized hail fell along with very heavy rain.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Newfolden-Several brief touchdowns occurred along this roughly two mile path. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph.
August 2007Tornado (EF0)Newfolden-A couple intermittent and brief touchdowns occurred along the edge of a field and into a line of trees. The tornado travelled less than a half mile. A few large tree limbs were broken down. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindNewfolden-Large branches were blown down at a farmstead.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNewfolden-Tree branches were blown down across town. A shed near the town elevator was totalled. A beam from the shed punctured a hole in the roof of a nearby house. Pieces from the shed damaged other nearby homes.
July 2005HailNewfolden-The hail hit the side of a house.
August 2005Flash FloodNewfolden-Ditches and creeks to the Middle River overflowed into fields and overtopped several farm access roads.
August 2004HailNewfolden-Hail covered the ground.
June 2002Flash FloodNewfolden-Street flooding was reported.
July 2008HailNewfolden-no account filed
August 2007Funnel CloudNewfolden-no account filed
July 2005HailNewfolden-no account filed
April 2002HailNewfolden-no account filed
July 2001Funnel CloudNewfolden-no account filed
August 2001HailNewfolden-no account filed
August 2001HailNewfolden-no account filed
July 1999HailNewfolden-no account filed
July 1996Tornado (F0)Newfolden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Ellerth7.8 miles10
Holt8.5 miles9
Viking10.3 miles10
Middle River10.3 miles9
Strandquist11.2 miles10
Rosewood11.7 miles10
Foldahl11.8 miles9
Florian16.9 miles9

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 NewfoldenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2228100The 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 648528. 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.