Erdman, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sheboygan town. It lies in ZIP code area 53083. The Survey maps it on the Howards Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Howards Grove quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Howards Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Sheboygan quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
16,534 words on this townshipHistory of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Sheboygan Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Sheboygan Town - 16,534 words.
Fires near this place
14 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Erdman between 2018 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3762 |
| 19 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3092 |
| 17 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2611 |
| 12 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3283 |
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1310 |
| 1 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1713 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1371 |
| 23 April 2018 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1292 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Erdman in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erdman | $60,000 | A swath of large trees snapped or uprooted. Some trees fallen on houses and cars. Many power lines down. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Erdman | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Erdman | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Erdman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosel | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sheboygan | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Kohler | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Haven | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Howards Grove | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sheboygan Falls | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Indian Meadows | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Ourtown | 7.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1564684. 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.




