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Herrington, Wisconsin

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1998. It stands in La Crosse City. It lies in ZIP code area 54601. It lies near Green Island. The Survey maps it on the La Crosse quadrangle.

Herrington within La Crosse County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on La Crosse city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin : Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources : an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages-their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies : Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers : the Whole Preceeded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and the Constitution of the United States, published 1881 - La Crosse City

A Stikrixg Evknt

In the month of September of this year, 1847, a circumstance happened v.hich created immense excitement among the residents of La Crosse, involving the character and reputation of one citizen temporarily by the fear that he was guilty of the crime of murder, and had his suspected victim been found dead, as he was at one time likely to have been, the fate of a niui'derer would doulitless have been decreed him.

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In the county-history sources

39,168 words on this township

History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin : Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources : an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages-their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies : Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers : the Whole Preceeded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and the Constitution of the United States, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on La Crosse City covers the township.

Read the chapter on La Crosse City - 39,168 words.

Fires near this place

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Herrington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 257 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2004198
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2004189
14 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2003958
5 July 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2003248
30 June 2009Fireworksunder an acreLaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeWIGWAM SLOUGH
14 June 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugeGOOSEIS
5 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources68
2 May 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Crosse County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Herrington: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
La Crosse City QuarryStoneUnknown
La Crosse Sand QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lacrosse Sand and Gravel Co. MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bahr QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kedhara QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Torgerson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in La Crosse County

Storms near this place

28 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herrington in 28 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
August 2010FloodHerrington$90,000Street flooding occurred in parts of the city of La Crosse after heavy rains fell during the morning hours. Flooding along Diagonal Road caused a house foundation to collapse filling the basement with mud. The house was later condemned and razed. Losey Avenue near Main Street was under water temporarily. The automated weather observing equipment at the La Crosse Airport recorded 1.65 inches of rainfall in one hour, ending at 0453 CST, while 2.11 inches fell in the two hours between 0341 CST and 0541 CST. Also, 2.21 inches of rain was observed at the La Crosse National Weather Service office between the hours of 0324 CST and 0533 CST.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHerrington$25,000A home on the south side of La Crosse was damaged when a large tree was uprooted. Numerous other trees were blown down across the city.
April 2011HailHerrington$20,000Golf ball size hail fell at the National Weather Service office and damaged several vehicles.
June 2019LightningHerrington$15,000A lightning strike started a house fire southeast of La Crosse. The home sustained significant damage to one corner.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindHerrington$5,000Power lines were blown down in the town of Shelby. More than 440 people were without power when a tree fell on a power line.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHerrington$2,000Trees near the National Weather Service Office east of La Crosse were knocked over.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHerrington$1,000Two large tree branches were blown down across a road on the eastside of La Crosse, partially blocking one lane of traffic.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHerrington$1,000Winds of 58 mph were reported on the south side of La Crosse.
June 2014FloodHerrington$1,000Runoff from heavy rain caused a sink hole to form along the edge of State Highway 33 east of La Crosse. The highway had to be closed until the sink hole was filled.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHerrington$500A wind gust of 60 mph occurred at the NWS La Crosse office blowing down several branches.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindHerrington$500Wind gust occurred at the NWS office.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHerrington$250Several large limbs were blown down around the La Crosse National Weather Service office. A fence was also blown down on the south side of the office.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHerrington-An NWS Employee reported a large tree and some smaller trees down across Bliss Road 2 miles east-southeast of La Crosse.
March 2023HailHerrington-Nickel sized hail fell at the National Weather Service La Crosse office.
March 2023HailHerrington-Up to quarter sized hail was reported near Barre Mills.
May 2022HailHerrington-Quarter sized hail fell at the NWS La Crosse office.
June 2022Heavy RainHerrington-At the NWS La Crosse office, 1.91 inches of rain fell.
July 2020FloodHerrington-Locally heavy rains caused some street flooding to occur on the south side of La Crosse.
April 2013HailHerrington-Quarter sized hail was reported southeast of the city of La Crosse.
May 2013Heavy RainHerrington-Southeast of the city of La Crosse, 2.3 inches of rain fell.
April 2011HailHerrington-Golf ball size hail fell at the intersection of U.S. Highway 14 and County Road MM.
June 2008HailHerrington-Law enforcement officials relayed a public report of quarter size hail on Breidel Coulee Road.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHerrington-A wind gust of 59 knots was recorded at the National Weather Service Office.
May 2022HailHerrington-no account filed
July 2015HailHerrington-no account filed
April 2014HailHerrington-no account filed
September 2012HailHerrington-no account filed
May 2011HailHerrington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in La Crosse 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
Calvert1.8 miles18
La Crosse1.9 miles18
Maple Grove2.3 miles11
Shelby3.2 miles18
Grand Crossing4.7 miles18
Cold Springs4.8 miles18
North La Crosse4.9 miles18
West La Crosse5.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1566327. 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.