Herndon, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50026. The Survey maps it on the Yale quadrangle. It stands 1,060 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1954 USGS Bagley quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Yale quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Herndon between 2009 and 2012, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 424 NORTH ST., IA |
| 23 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | HWY 4 AND HWY 141, IOWA |
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 Herndon: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herndon in 23 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndon | $50,000 | Power poles broken and lines down. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndon | $25,000 | A garage was destroyed. Garage doors were open and the wind lifted the garage off the foundation and rolled it east into grain bins, damaging the bins as well. Two power poles were snapped along Highway 4 just south of the garage. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndon | $15,000 | Emergency manager reported numerous trees down at the property. The largest was about 14 inches in diameter. A tree branch left a hole in the roof of the residence. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndon | $15,000 | Large tree limbs down, one causing damage to porch. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Herndon | $15,000 | Water was reported over roads in the county. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndon | $15,000 | Power lines and trees were downed. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndon | $10,000 | Guthrie County emergency manager reported large trees down in Yale, blocking several streets. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndon | $10,000 | Semi truck on Highway 141 tipped over by very strong winds. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndon | $10,000 | Live wires were reported down. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Herndon | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndon | $3,000 | Large branches snapped off of healthy tree. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Herndon | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndon | $2,000 | Two to four inch diameter limbs blown down in Yale. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Herndon | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndon | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported flag pole blown over. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndon | $1,000 | Eight inch diameter tree limb down. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herndon | - | Public report of an outbuilding destroyed. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Herndon | - | Emergency manager reported nickel sized hail. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Herndon | - | Public reported quarter sized hail in Yale, and was relayed via the Emergency Manager. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Herndon | - | Amateur radio report of quarter size hail ongoing at the time of the report. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Herndon | - | Reported at the intersection of Highway 4 and 141. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Herndon | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Herndon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Bagley | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Yale | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Fanslers | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Panorama | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Panora | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bayard | 11.1 miles | 9 | |
| Guthrie Center | 14.2 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 Herndon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16892293 | 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 457403. 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.






