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Henry, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71959. The Survey maps it on the Athens quadrangle.

Henry within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

91 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Henry between 1995 and 2020, burning about 861 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 56 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/incendiarism56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning9
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burning103 acresArkansas Forestry Commission147
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Natural91 acresOuachita National ForestVILES BRANCH
27 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Henry: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Barium-Barite. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Shale PitClayUnknown
Viles CreekBarium-BaritePast Producer
Little MissouriSilicaUnknown
UnknownSilicaUnknown

Every working recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henry in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHenry-Trees and power lines downed near the intersection of Tollett Road and Bissell Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHenry-Trees downed along Tollett Road just south of the intersection with Hill Loop, damaging a home, two vehicles and a storage shed.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHenry-A tree was downed just east of Umpire, Arkansas.
July 2009HailHenry-Penny size hail covered the ground just south of Athens, Arkansas.

Every storm recorded in Howard 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
New Thompson (historical)0.7 miles16
Old Thompson (historical)1.6 miles16
Athens2.6 miles16
Bissell (historical)2.7 miles12
Slip-Up and Hitch (historical)2.8 miles12
Brushy (historical)3.1 miles16
Pates (historical)3.3 miles16
Mouton (historical)4.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62595. 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.