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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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 East Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1940 USGS Brighton quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Brighton quadrangle1:31680
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Brighton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brighton quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1981 USGS Denver East quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
532 since 1995Regional 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/undetermined | 412 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Thornton Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Thornton Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Greater Brighton Fire Protection District | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 50 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Producer | 1980 | |
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Producer | ||
| Adams Aggregate Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Adams Aggregate Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Adams County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Brannan Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Colorado Consolidated Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | Henderson | - | Report from mping. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Henderson | - | Report from mping. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Henderson | - | Report from mping. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Henderson | - | Report from mping. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Henderson | - | Report from mping. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Strong wind gusts accompanied by penny size hail, snapped small tree branches. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Henderson | - | 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 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Henderson | - | A tornado touched down near the Adams County Fairgrounds. Several trees were uprooted and a car was damaged. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazeltine | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Eno | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Hazeltine Heights | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Rolla | 3.8 miles | 28 | |
| Todd Creek | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Hi-Land Acres | 4.7 miles | 24 | |
| Brighton | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Eastlake | 5.1 miles | 24 |
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 Q11027002 | 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 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.









