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Hendrix, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35121. It lies near Berry Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Clarence quadrangle.

Hendrix within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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

107 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Hendrix between 1994 and 2019, burning about 992 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180907-2
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1535 STARNES CHAPEL RD, AL
19 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Hendrix: 7 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 5 prospects, 3 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Flagstone, Manganese. 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
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Brown QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Lamb QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Oneoneta QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Blount CountyIronPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Blount County

Storms near this place

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hendrix in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 lightning, 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
April 2001LightningHendrix$12,000Lightning started a fire in a house about halfway between Snead and Oneonta in the Hendrix area.
June 2023HailHendrix-Nickel size hail and several trees uprooted in the Hendrix community.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Hendrix-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeastern Blount County near Sand Valley and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 90 mph.||A tornado touched down near the 3600 Block of County Road 42 in northeastern Blount County. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted before the tornado impacted a farm property where structural damage occurred to at least three farm buildings, as well as a large silo. The tornado then tracked northeastward across an open pasture where additional trees were snapped and uprooted before dissipating in a nearby wooded area.
July 2012HailHendrix-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blount 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
Fridays Crossing1.8 miles22
Hortons Mill2.0 miles22
Riverside2.9 miles22
Susan Moore3.4 miles22
Bird (historical)3.4 miles22
Royal3.5 miles20
Murphree3.7 miles20
Hoods Crossroads3.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119962. 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.