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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1889 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Herkimer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Blue Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2016Regional 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 burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 30 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 24 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Marshall County | 101 |
| 3 November 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 96 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herkimer | - | Estimated 60 mph winds along Highway 36 and 5th Road. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Herkimer | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Herkimer | - | Quarter size hail reported. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Herkimer | - | Highway 77 had up to a foot of water flowing across the road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herkimer | - | Estimated wind gust of 60 mph reported near Highway-36 at the Marshall/Washington County line. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Herkimer | - | Several roads remain closed due to flood waters. A couple of the roads may be washed out due to damage of culverts. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (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 2001 | Flash Flood | Herkimer | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Herkimer | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Herkimer | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Herkimer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bremen | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hermansberg | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Marysville | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lone Elm | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Marietta | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Oketo | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Carden | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Shroyer | 8.6 miles | 15 |
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 Herkimer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17198998 | 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 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.






