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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.

Herold within Buffalo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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.

In the county-history sources

1,373 words on this township

History 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 1993

Regional 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 burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
3 April 1993Arson/incendiarism83 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 April 2018Debris and open burning20 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018013
30 October 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources202018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buffalo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Own CrewsStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Averbeck Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Buffalo City Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Buffalo City Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Capps Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Foegen Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
J. Martin Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Lizzy Pauls Pond Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
River Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Alma Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Buffalo County

Storms near this place

3 since 2021

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Herold$126,000This 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 2021HailHerold$10,000Golf ball sized hail fell south of Alma.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHerold$10County Sheriff's Office reported a portable toilet was blown across the road near Alma.

Every storm recorded in Buffalo 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
Cream3.8 miles19
Alma4.0 miles20
Anchorage (historical)5.2 miles19
Buffalo City5.3 miles14
Tell5.3 miles19
Cochrane5.4 miles14
Praag7.0 miles19
Waumandee7.2 miles11

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 HeroldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5743430The 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.