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Herman, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Herman City. It lies in ZIP code area 56248. The Survey maps it on the Herman quadrangle. 384 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,073 feet above sea level.

Herman within Grant County

Population over time

2 figures

Herman fell from 437 to 384 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010437
2020384-53 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Herman between 2003 and 2009, burning about 153 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
1 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictNACHBOR
30 April 2003Debris and open burning102 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictHERMAN WILDFIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herman in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1999FloodHerman$20,0006 to 8 inches of rain fell across southern Grant county, with the town of Hoffman reporting 5 inches. Several roads were washed out and many others were blocked by high water.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHerman$10,000Strong winds hit a farmstead just south of Herman. A man who was in the house at the time said his ears popped. Ten to twelve trees were destroyed and some shingles on the house were lifted. A trampoline in the yard was twisted and the garage door was buckled.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHerman$2,000Several ten to twenty foot tall pine trees were blown over during a protracted period of heavy rain and strong gusty winds.
July 2025HailHerman-Trained spotter reported ping pong ball size hail.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHerman-Measured gust at MN DOT mesonet station MN131 Herman, MN.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHerman-Ndawn mesonet observation.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHerman-Ndawn mesonet observation.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHerman-Crop damage from hail and wind around Herman, including striping of corn. Time estimated.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHerman-Numerous large cottonwood, ash, and spruce trees snapped or uprooted around Niemacki Lake Park. Wind gusts from 60 to 80 mph affected much of Macsville Township 411 pm CDT.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindHerman-An RWIS station in Herman measured a wind gust to 86 mph.
June 2021HailHerman-A report of 1 inch hail was relayed via social media. Hail size was estimated from the shared video.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindHerman-Peak wind was measured at a MNDOT RWIS station along Highway 27.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHerman-One 12 inch diameter tree was blown down along with numerous large branches around town.
July 2016HailHerman-Dime to quarter sized hail fell across far southern Logan Township.
August 2013HailHerman-Forty to fifty mile an hour winds accompanied the hail.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHerman-A nine inch diameter tree branch was broken off.
July 2011HailHerman-The hail still covered the ground 30 minutes after it fell.
May 2011Flash FloodHerman-Several roads were overtopped with water and there were also reports of flooded basements.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHerman-Numerous large 3 to 5 inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHerman-A 12 inch diameter tree was blown over and other large branches were snapped off.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHerman-The strong winds damaged numerous trees in town and knocked out electricity. A city sign was damaged and light poles at the fairgrounds were knocked over. Vendors at the Grant County fairgrounds in Herman had their tents blown over and their contents scattered about. A rodeo scheduled at the fair was cancelled.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHerman-A pole barn sustained considerable damage.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHerman-Several 1 to 2 foot diameter trees were blown down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHerman-10 inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
July 1994HailHerman-Several hundred acres of crops were damaged by hail.
May 2022HailHerman-no account filed
June 2016Funnel CloudHerman-no account filed
August 2010HailHerman-no account filed
August 2010HailHerman-no account filed
May 2008HailHerman-no account filed
June 2001HailHerman-no account filed
August 2001HailHerman-no account filed
August 2001HailHerman-no account filed
August 1999HailHerman-no account filed
August 1999HailHerman-no account filed
July 1998HailHerman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Norcross5.1 miles10
Hereford (historical)14.2 miles9
Barrett15.1 miles10
Elbow Lake15.6 miles10
Wendell15.8 miles10
Thorsborg (historical)17.2 miles10
Hoffman18.7 miles10
Erdahl21.4 miles10

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 HermanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1882612The 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 644902. 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.