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Henagar, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Henagar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35978. The Survey maps it on the Henagar quadrangle. 2,292 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,447 feet above sea level.

Henagar within DeKalb County

Population over time

2 figures

Henagar fell from 2,344 to 2,292 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,344
20202,292-52 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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.

Fires near this place

115 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Henagar between 1995 and 2019, burning about 634 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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
Debris and open burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism30
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 1998Debris and open burning50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-17
24 September 2016Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-6
23 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180921-3
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Storms near this place

35 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henagar in 35 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2000Thunderstorm WindHenagar1 hurt, $10,000Thunderstorm winds collapsed a large tent in Henagar. One woman was hit in the leg by a piece of metal. She received only minor cuts and bruises.
July 2007Flash FloodHenagar$200,000An intense thunderstorm produced intense rainfall leading to flash flooding in the Big Wills Creek basin in western Fort Payne. Rainfall amounts of 1.5 to as much as 4.1 inches of rainfall were measured in the vicinity, much of it falling in just a 30 minute period. The U.S.G.S. river gage along Big Wills Creek west of Fort Payne registered it's 4th highest crest to date at 11.47 feet. Water backed up and flooded several businesses along Highways 35 and 11 causing considerable damage. Several cars became submerged in water. One home and a dental business also sustained substantial water damage on the lowest floors of the locations. A local paving company was in the process of completing a large drainage project in the Fort Payne, Alabama area and the flood waters produced an extensive amount of damage to their project.
May 1998HailHenagar$45,000Hail fell in an area from Henagar to north of Valley Head. Half dollar size hail fell in Henagar with golf ball size hail in the Ider area and along I-59 at mile marker 235.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHenagar$40,000A tree and a potato shed and an attached corn bin were destroyed due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindHenagar$30,000A large tree was knocked down onto a home at 216 Cemetery Rd in Pine Ridge.
April 2006HailHenagar$15,000Golf ball size hail was reported. The hail produced slight to moderate damage to a few vehicles and to the roof of one home in this vicinity.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindHenagar$10,000One building was damaged due to high wind in Henagar.
May 1998HailHenagar$10,000Golf ball size hail was reported in Henagar.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindHenagar$10,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHenagar$8,000Trees were blown down on CR 515.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindHenagar$5,000A couple of trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindHenagar$4,000no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHenagar$3,000Power lines were knocked down at 3400 CR 97 in Pine Ridge. Time estimated by radar.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHenagar$2,000Trees were reported down near Pine Ridge.
August 2014LightningHenagar$2,000Lightning struck a large tree resulting in significant damage.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindHenagar$1,000A tree was knocked down across the roadway at 800 Dugout Valley Road.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHenagar$1,000A tree was knocked down at 2700 CR 494. Time estimated by radar.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHenagar$1,000A power pole was knocked down by gust front winds.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHenagar$500A tree was knocked down on CR 494.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindHenagar$500A tree was knocked down on CR 27.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHenagar$200A tree was knocked down at this location.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHenagar$200A tree was knocked down blocking CR 72 between Blake and Sylvania.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHenagar$200A tree was knocked down at this location.
February 2019FloodHenagar-CR 835 is closed due to floodwaters. Water depth unknown at this time.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindHenagar-A power line was knocked down onto CR 97 in Pine Ridge.
June 2014HailHenagar-Quarter size hail was reported.
April 2013FloodHenagar-Areal flooding occurred with the intersection of Prestwood and Lankford drive being under water from Big Wills Creek.
June 2009HailHenagar-Quarter sized hail was reported in Henagar.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHenagar-Thunderstorm winds destroyed a chicken house and heavily damaging another. The winds also blew down trees and power lines near the Blake Community Center along County Road 505 and Highway 27.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHenagar-Power lines were blown down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHenagar-A few power lines were blown down due to thunderstorm winds.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindHenagar-a few trees and power lines down.
May 2003HailHenagar-nickel size hail reported
June 2003Thunderstorm WindHenagar-several trees down.
January 1997Thunderstorm WindHenagar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in DeKalb 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
Elliott Crossroads1.5 miles22
Pea Ridge Crossroads2.8 miles21
Brooks Crossroads2.8 miles22
Snake Creek (historical)3.1 miles22
Stamp3.9 miles22
Biddle Crossroads4.2 miles21
New Home4.3 miles22
Mahan Crossroads4.3 miles22

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 HenagarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1259031The 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 150286. 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.