BlockBefore

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.

Henderson within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

21 since 2001

Regional 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/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 June 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2009Debris and open burning72 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 2004Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Baxter County

Storms near this place

20 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHenderson1 hurtA couple of camping trailers were overturned. A boy was injured in one of the trailers at Robinson Point.
November 2006FloodHenderson1 hurtSeveral 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 2020Thunderstorm WindHenderson$5,000There was damage to a boat dock on Norfork Lake.
March 2026HailHenderson-Quarter-sized hail fell in Mountain Home with slightly smaller hail falling as well and accumulating a few inches deep in some spots.
March 2026HailHenderson-Penny-sized hail fell in the community of Henderson.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindHenderson-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 2009Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Tree limbs were down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Trees were downed with boat docks damaged at Henderson.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Several large trees were blown down.
April 2003Tornado (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 2003Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Several trees were blown down.
July 2017HailHenderson-no account filed
April 2014HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2009HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2009HailHenderson-no account filed
March 2008HailHenderson-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindHenderson-no account filed
June 1998Tornado (F0)Henderson-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindHenderson-no account filed
August 1995HailHenderson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baxter 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
Norfork Lake Estates1.5 miles18
Custer (historical)2.6 miles18
Cumi2.9 miles18
Mallard Point3.5 miles20
Holiday Hills3.7 miles18
Dogwood Park3.8 miles20
Lakeside Terrace4.2 miles20
Diamond Bay4.7 miles18

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 Q14680905The 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.