Herman, Idaho
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Swan Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83285. The Survey maps it on the Herman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1932 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:96000
- 1935 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Herman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Palisades quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Herman between 1996 and 2019, burning about 157 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Natural | 10 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | DELLA BASIN |
| 29 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BROCKMAN |
| 31 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | SHIRLEY |
| 3 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | DELLA BASIN |
| 7 July 2000 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge | SW GRAYS |
| 3 July 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BROCKMAN |
| 27 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CLEAR CREEK |
| 16 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | WILLOW CREEK |
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 Herman: 8 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Pittsburg Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite | |
| Uranium Sampling Locality 38 | Uranium, Coal, Molybdenum, Germanium | Occurrence | 1952 | |
| Copper Queen Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite | |
| Grays Lake | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Monte Cristo Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Barnes Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| City Creek Gold Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Gold Placers | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Mccoy Creek Placer Ii | Gold | Past Producer | 1875 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herman in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keenan City (historical) | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Gray | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Caribou City (historical) | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Palisades | 18.4 miles | 16 | |
| Irwin | 19.8 miles | 16 | |
| Swan Valley | 22.3 miles | 16 | |
| Dehlin | 22.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bone | 22.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396649. 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.







