Herman, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in L'Anse Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49946. The Survey maps it on the Herman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Herman quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Herman quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Herman between 1994 and 2010, burning about 21 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Agency | 009 |
| 24 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Agency | 006 |
| 20 June 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Agency | 005 |
| 26 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 May 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.7 acres | Michigan Agency | 006 |
| 18 November 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Herman: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Graphite, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Mine | Iron, Graphite | Past Producer | 1880, 1883 | |
| Taylor Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Detroit Graphite Co. Graphite Quarry | Graphite | Producer | Graphite | |
| Detroit Graphite Co.Graphite Quarry | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Northern Graphite Works Quarry | Graphite | Producer | Graphite | |
| Northern Graphite Works Quarry | Graphite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herman in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2022: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Herman | $5,000 | The observer at Herman reported minor road washouts on Lystilla and Nestoria-Herman roads on the 25th due to flash flooding from heavy rains the night before. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Herman | - | The observer at Herman measured one-inch diameter hail from a thunderstorm on the evening of the 19th. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Herman | - | The observer in Herman measured one inch diameter hail. |
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.
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 Herman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5739421 | 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 628133. 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.






