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.
Population over time
2 figuresHerman 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 437 | |
| 2020 | 384 | -53 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1911 USGS Herman quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Herman quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | NACHBOR |
| 30 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 102 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | HERMAN WILDFIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
36 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Flood | Herman | $20,000 | 6 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | $10,000 | Strong 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | $2,000 | Several ten to twenty foot tall pine trees were blown over during a protracted period of heavy rain and strong gusty winds. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Herman | - | Trained spotter reported ping pong ball size hail. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | Measured gust at MN DOT mesonet station MN131 Herman, MN. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | Ndawn mesonet observation. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | Ndawn mesonet observation. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | Crop damage from hail and wind around Herman, including striping of corn. Time estimated. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | An RWIS station in Herman measured a wind gust to 86 mph. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Herman | - | A report of 1 inch hail was relayed via social media. Hail size was estimated from the shared video. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | Peak wind was measured at a MNDOT RWIS station along Highway 27. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | One 12 inch diameter tree was blown down along with numerous large branches around town. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Herman | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell across far southern Logan Township. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Herman | - | Forty to fifty mile an hour winds accompanied the hail. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | A nine inch diameter tree branch was broken off. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Herman | - | The hail still covered the ground 30 minutes after it fell. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Herman | - | Several roads were overtopped with water and there were also reports of flooded basements. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | Numerous large 3 to 5 inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | A 12 inch diameter tree was blown over and other large branches were snapped off. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | A pole barn sustained considerable damage. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | Several 1 to 2 foot diameter trees were blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herman | - | 10 inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Herman | - | Several hundred acres of crops were damaged by hail. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Herman | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Herman | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Herman | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Herman | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Herman | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Herman | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Herman | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Herman | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Herman | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Herman | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Herman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norcross | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hereford (historical) | 14.2 miles | 9 | |
| Barrett | 15.1 miles | 10 | |
| Elbow Lake | 15.6 miles | 10 | |
| Wendell | 15.8 miles | 10 | |
| Thorsborg (historical) | 17.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hoffman | 18.7 miles | 10 | |
| Erdahl | 21.4 miles | 10 |
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 Q1882612 | 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 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.




