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.
Population over time
2 figuresNewfolden 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 368 | |
| 2020 | 352 | -16 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Newfolden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Newfolden quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1995Regional 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/incendiarism | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2019 | Fireworks | 31 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall County Newfolden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Tornado (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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfolden | - | Trees were blown down on top of a house and car. Report and photos were reported via social media. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfolden | - | A baseball dugout was blown over. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfolden | - | A tree was blown down at a rural homestead. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfolden | - | A few large tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Newfolden | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell, along with strong winds and heavy rain. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfolden | - | Trees were blown down. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfolden | - | A large tree limb was blown down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfolden | - | A large tree branch was blown down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfolden | - | Large branches were blown down around town. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Newfolden | - | The hail was very soft. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Newfolden | - | Numerous quarter to ping pong ball sized hail fell along with very heavy rain. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Newfolden | - | Several brief touchdowns occurred along this roughly two mile path. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph. |
| August 2007 | Tornado (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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfolden | - | Large branches were blown down at a farmstead. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfolden | - | 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 2005 | Hail | Newfolden | - | The hail hit the side of a house. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Newfolden | - | Ditches and creeks to the Middle River overflowed into fields and overtopped several farm access roads. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Newfolden | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Newfolden | - | Street flooding was reported. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Newfolden | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Newfolden | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Newfolden | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Newfolden | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Newfolden | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Newfolden | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Newfolden | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Newfolden | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Newfolden | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellerth | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Holt | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Viking | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Middle River | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Strandquist | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Rosewood | 11.7 miles | 10 | |
| Foldahl | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Florian | 16.9 miles | 9 |
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 Newfolden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2228100 | 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 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.







