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Henderson, Colorado

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brighton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80640. It lies near Branther Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Brighton quadrangle. It stands 5,023 feet above sea level.

Henderson within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

532 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 532 fires within 5 miles of Henderson between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,680 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 19 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined412
Debris and open burning21
Smoking20
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony16
Natural8
Fireworks8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGreater Brighton Fire Protection DistrictN/A
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGreater Brighton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreThornton Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGreater Brighton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreThornton Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGreater Brighton Fire Protection DistrictN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Henderson: 15 producers, 14 unknowns, 12 past producers, 9 occurrences. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold. 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
Thornton PitSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldProducer1980
UnknownClayOccurrence
UnknownClayOccurrence
UnknownClayProducer
UnknownClayProducer
Adams Aggregate Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Adams Aggregate Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Adams County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Brannan Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Colorado Consolidated Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Adams County

Storms near this place

26 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henderson in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 22 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
June 2025HailHenderson-Report from mping.
June 2025HailHenderson-Report from mping.
June 2025HailHenderson-Report from mping.
June 2025HailHenderson-Report from mping.
June 2025HailHenderson-Report from mping.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Strong wind gusts accompanied by penny size hail, snapped small tree branches.
September 2013Flash FloodHenderson-Continuous heavy rainfall produced flash flooding. Commerce City officials ordered about 400 residents to leave a neighborhood near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge due to the potential that further retention ponds would breach. Extensive flooding was reported in Commerce City with flooded basements, homes and roads under anywhere from 1 to 3 feet of standing water.
June 1997Tornado (F1)Henderson-A tornado touched down near the Adams County Fairgrounds. Several trees were uprooted and a car was damaged.
June 2025HailHenderson-no account filed
May 2024HailHenderson-no account filed
May 2023HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2023HailHenderson-no account filed
August 2023HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2023HailHenderson-no account filed
August 2021HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2019HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2018HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2018HailHenderson-no account filed
March 2014Thunderstorm WindHenderson-no account filed
May 2010HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2010HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2008HailHenderson-no account filed
April 2003HailHenderson-no account filed
July 2002HailHenderson-no account filed
June 1997HailHenderson-no account filed
June 1997HailHenderson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Adams 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
Hazeltine1.9 miles24
Eno2.6 miles24
Hazeltine Heights2.7 miles24
Rolla3.8 miles28
Todd Creek4.0 miles24
Hi-Land Acres4.7 miles24
Brighton5.1 miles24
Eastlake5.1 miles24

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 Q11027002The 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 184616. 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.