Wykoff, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fillmore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55990. The Survey maps it on the Wykoff quadrangle. 432 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,322 feet above sea level.
On record in Wykoff
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Francis H. Bartlett Houselisted 1984- Wykoff Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1994
Population over time
2 figuresWykoff fell from 444 to 432 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 | 444 | |
| 2020 | 432 | -12 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Wykoff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Wykoff between 1995 and 2020, burning about 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 1996 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 November 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 November 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 November 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 November 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Wykoff: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grabau Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brehmer Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Engel Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Evers No 2 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hewitt Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Holsapple Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Otto Meyer Jr | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sorum Portable Crusher No. 1 | Iron | Producer | ||
| Van Sande Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Winter Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wykoff in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Wykoff | $20,000 | A tornado briefly touched down east of Spring Valley. A cattle barn was heavily damaged just north of County Highway 16. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Wykoff | $18,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wykoff | $5,000 | The winds from a thunderstorm damaged the roof to the Kingsland Middle School. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Wykoff | $3,500 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Wykoff | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to ping pong ball sized with the majority of stones being penny to quarter sized. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wykoff | - | A report of a 64 mph wind gust from a trained spotter was relayed through dispatch. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Wykoff | - | The COOP observer east of Spring Valley measured 6.62 inches of rain. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Wykoff | - | no account filed |
| November 2015 | Hail | Wykoff | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Wykoff | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Wykoff | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freiheit Spring | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Fillmore | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Forestville | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Washington | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Valley | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Carimona | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Fountain | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Cherry Grove | 8.3 miles | 7 |
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 Wykoff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2249609 | 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 654401. 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.




