Henderson, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72544. The Survey maps it on the Gamaliel quadrangle. 309 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Gamaliel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Gamaliel quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
21 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Henderson between 2001 and 2020, burning about 477 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 72 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Henderson: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
20 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henderson in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | 1 hurt | A couple of camping trailers were overturned. A boy was injured in one of the trailers at Robinson Point. |
| November 2006 | Flood | Henderson | 1 hurt | Several county roads in the area remained flooded from heavy rainfall earlier in the day. A man had to be rescued from his pickup truck after he drove into the rising water along County Road 48. He was taken to a local hospital and was later released after suffering hypothermia. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $5,000 | There was damage to a boat dock on Norfork Lake. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Henderson | - | Quarter-sized hail fell in Mountain Home with slightly smaller hail falling as well and accumulating a few inches deep in some spots. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Henderson | - | Penny-sized hail fell in the community of Henderson. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | The roof of a vacant house collapsed along Lake Norfork Drive. A collapsed roof at an outdoor boat storage business resulted in damage to several boats. The boat storage business was located along Highway 62 East. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Tree limbs were down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Trees were downed with boat docks damaged at Henderson. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Henderson | - | A weak tornado touched down 3 miles northeast of Henderson and traveled to the northeast into Fulton County. The thunderstorm spawning the tornado is the same storm that produced a tornado earlier in Mountain Home. In eastern Baxter County, an old community center which had stood for more than 100 years was flattened. This occurred near the Cumi community. One house had the back portion of its roof damaged. A shed was blown down and several vehicles were damaged by flying tin. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Henderson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norfork Lake Estates | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Custer (historical) | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Cumi | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Mallard Point | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Holiday Hills | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Dogwood Park | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Lakeside Terrace | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Diamond Bay | 4.7 miles | 18 |
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 Henderson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14680905 | The 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 50003. 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.











