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Henderson, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Henderson-Spring Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36035. It stands on Dolton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Goshen quadrangle.

Henderson within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

McCullough-Henderson House, U.S. Highway 231, Orion, Pike County, AL
McCullough-Henderson House, U.S. Highway 231, Orion, Pike County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Henderson between 1994 and 2018, burning about 414 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
9 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150810-003
5 June 2007Natural7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 1996Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 June 2015Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150615-001
11 June 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHENDERSON LN, AL
9 May 2018Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180509-7
26 May 2016Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160526-4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of Henderson: 42 unknowns, 29 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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
Pik 7 Clay ProspectClayProspect
O D Warren ProspectIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

7 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henderson in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 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
March 2020Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Several trees uprooted in the town of Henderson.
April 2019Tornado (EF0)Henderson-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Pike County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph.||The tornado initially touched down north of County Road 6, several miles south of Goshen. It tracked north-northeast mainly over rural farmlands and open fields. Due to the lack of road access, the path width and length were estimated. Wind speeds were based on trees uprooted west of County Road 2243. The survey was prompted by a distinct TDS from the Fort Rucker WSR-88D.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Numerous trees uprooted along County Road 21 near the town of Henderson.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Barn roof torn off and mobile home damaged on County Road 2287.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Numerous trees uprooted and several power lines downed on County Road 2227.
March 2016HailHenderson-Large hail reported at Scotts Farm Supply Store.
July 2012Flash FloodHenderson-Due to heavy rainfall from training thunderstorms, flooding occurred along County Road 2262 east of Henderson. The road became impassable and was closed.

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Pleasant Ridge1.0 miles8
Palmyra2.4 miles8
Dogwood Acres2.9 miles8
Sanders Hill3.3 miles8
Baltic3.8 miles8
Goshen4.6 miles8
Little Oak4.6 miles8
Hallsville5.7 miles8

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 HendersonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q96380514The 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 119946. 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.