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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Clarence quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Susan Moore quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Clarence quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Susan Moore quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
107 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180907-2 |
| 6 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1535 STARNES CHAPEL RD, AL |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Brown Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Lamb Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Oneoneta Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Blount County | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Lightning | Hendrix | $12,000 | Lightning started a fire in a house about halfway between Snead and Oneonta in the Hendrix area. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hendrix | - | Nickel size hail and several trees uprooted in the Hendrix community. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (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 2012 | Hail | Hendrix | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fridays Crossing | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Hortons Mill | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Riverside | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Susan Moore | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Bird (historical) | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Royal | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Murphree | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Hoods Crossroads | 3.9 miles | 20 |
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.













