Herold, Wisconsin
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Belvidere town. It lies in ZIP code area 54610. It lies near Alma Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Cream quadrangle. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1932 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Cream quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,373 words on this townshipHistory of Buffalo County, Wisconsin, published 1888 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Belvidere Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Belvidere Town - 1,373 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Herold between 1993 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 83 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018013 |
| 30 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 202018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Herold: 23 occurrences, 16 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own Crews | Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Averbeck Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Buffalo City Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Buffalo City Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Capps Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Foegen Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| J. Martin Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lizzy Pauls Pond Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| River Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Alma Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herold in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Herold | $126,000 | This short lived tornado damaged mainly power lines and trees through the bluffs of western Buffalo County. One garage near the end of the tornado path was destroyed. Wind damage was also observed south of the track, closer to the Mississippi River, in the tree lines. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Herold | $10,000 | Golf ball sized hail fell south of Alma. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herold | $10 | County Sheriff's Office reported a portable toilet was blown across the road near Alma. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cream | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Alma | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Anchorage (historical) | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Buffalo City | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Tell | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Cochrane | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Praag | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Waumandee | 7.2 miles | 11 |
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 Herold | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5743430 | 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 1566324. 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.






