Herman Center, Wisconsin
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Herman town. It lies in ZIP code area 53050. The Survey maps it on the Nenno quadrangle. It stands 1,119 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.
- 1904 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nenno quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Oconomowoc quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,468 words on this townshipThe History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Herman Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Herman Town - 1,468 words.
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Herman Center between 2018 and 2020, burning about 6 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 130 |
| 5 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2000023 |
| 26 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3618010 |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800020 |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 83 |
| 27 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1900028 |
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 Center: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Copper, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayville Mine | Iron, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1892, 1928 | |
| Mayville White Lime Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Merget Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Ridge Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1849, 1914 | |
| Iron Ridge Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1849 | |
| Mayville Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1892 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herman Center in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Flood | Herman Center | - | Flooding on County Road U north of County Road S. One vehicle stranded in flood waters. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Herman Center | - | A trained storm spotter witnessed a brief EF0 tornado that touched down about 2.7 miles northeast of Herman Center in Dodge County, just north of the intersection of County Road DW and Freedom Road. The tornado traveled less than one-tenth of a mile before dissipating. The maximum path width of the tornado was 20 yards with an average path width of 10 yards. The spotter noted small tree limbs snapped off, and tall grass flattened in a swirl pattern by the winds from the tornado. The EF0 rating was determined by using DI 27(TH), DOD1 with winds of 65 mph. The exact location was 43.4497/ -88.44074. |
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 Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5739619 | 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 1566316. 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.






