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Herkimer, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66508. It stands on Raemer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Herkimer quadrangle. 54 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.

Herkimer within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

4 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Herkimer between 2016 and 2020, burning about 24 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 burning3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 March 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
30 March 2020Debris and open burning20 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
24 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMarshall County101
3 November 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKansas Forest Service96

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

11 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herkimer in 11 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHerkimer-Estimated 60 mph winds along Highway 36 and 5th Road.
September 2022HailHerkimer-Quarter sized hail reported.
August 2018HailHerkimer-Quarter size hail reported.
September 2018Flash FloodHerkimer-Highway 77 had up to a foot of water flowing across the road.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindHerkimer-Estimated wind gust of 60 mph reported near Highway-36 at the Marshall/Washington County line.
June 2015FloodHerkimer-Several roads remain closed due to flood waters. A couple of the roads may be washed out due to damage of culverts.
May 2013Tornado (EF2)Herkimer-Survey revealed EF2 damage with winds to around 130 mph produced significant damage to a John Deere dealership and a roofing warehouse just south of highway 36 and just west of Marysville, Kansas. The tornado traveled approximately 3 to 4 miles before weakening and lifting near highway 77 north of Marysville. No injuries were reported.
July 2001Flash FloodHerkimer-Heavy rains caused flash flooding in Marshall county. Water was over a roadway 1 mile north of Herkimer for a time. Other roads in the county were also flooded.
July 2011HailHerkimer-no account filed
April 2010HailHerkimer-no account filed
May 2003HailHerkimer-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
Bremen4.2 miles15
Hermansberg4.2 miles15
Marysville4.8 miles15
Lone Elm5.5 miles15
Marietta6.5 miles14
Oketo7.7 miles14
Carden8.2 miles14
Shroyer8.6 miles15

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 HerkimerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17198998The 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 472670. 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.

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.