Hendricks, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sunset Village census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30286. It stands on Andrews Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sunset Village quadrangle.

Hendricks within Upson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

1935 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:48000
1939 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Sunset Village quadrangle1:24000
1971 USGS Sunset Village quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

327 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 327 fires within 5 miles of Hendricks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,136 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 53 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
Debris and open burning	211
Arson/incendiarism	53
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Misuse of fire by a minor	14
Natural	12
Recreation and ceremony	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Smoking	2

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 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 1996	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2002	Debris and open burning	4.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-UPSON-012
6 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	75 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020UPSON003
30 September 2019	Debris and open burning	2.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020UPSON014
30 September 1997	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upson 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 Hendricks: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
	D C Eller Bee Prospect	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Upson County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hendricks in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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
April 2011	Tornado (EF2)	Hendricks	$500,000	A survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the EF2 tornado that first touched down in northeast Harris county around 1155 pm EDT continued across southern Meriwether and into far northwest Upson county before finally lifting approximately nine miles northwest of Thomaston. The tornado had a path length of just over four miles within Upson county, while the total tornado path length was on the order of 24 miles. The maximum path width was 880 yards or less at this point with maximum winds estimated to be 130 mph. Within Upson county, the tornado traveled through a mostly rural forested area and as such structural damage was minimal. However, two structures were destroyed, four suffered major damage, and 6 others sustained minor damage. Thousands of trees were damaged or destroyed, along with several power lines. Some outbuildings were also damaged or destroyed. There were no fatalities or injuries reported from this tornado along its path, including Upson county. It should be noted, however, that this same thunderstorm spawned yet another tornado in Lamar county upstream that killed two people.\|\|[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #10, County #3-3, EF2, Harris-Meriwether-Upson, 2011:019].
January 2020	Tornado (EF1)	Hendricks	$200,000	A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 90 mph and a maximum path width of 100 yards began along the Flint River on the Meriwether-Upson County line south-southeast of Woodbury. The tornado traveled about a third of a mile along the north shore of the river in Upson County with no damage on the Meriwether County side of the river. Approximately 100 trees and several power poles were snapped or blown down. A camper was blown over and a boat was blown into a tree. A home along the river was knocked off of its stilts and destroyed by a large tree falling on it. At least one other home sustained damage from falling trees. [01/11/20: Tornado #3, County #1/1, EF-1, Upson, 2020:003].
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Hendricks	$10,000	The Upson county Emergency Management Director, the public, and amateur radio operators reported numerous trees and power lines down from Henrick to Thomaston. Much of the damage was reported along Georgia Highway 75 near Pleasant Valley Road where 10 to 15 trees were down. The public estimated wind gusts from 55 to 70 mph on the west side of Thomaston.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Hendricks	$4,000	The Upson County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down along Lawrence Road and Turner Lake Road.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Hendricks	$3,000	The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down on the west side of Thomaston, especially in the Pickard and Turkey Creek Road area.

Every storm recorded in Upson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Crest	1.3 miles	12
Barker Spring	1.9 miles	12
Ellerbeetown	2.1 miles	12
Hickman Forks	2.5 miles	12
Pickard	3.1 miles	12
Jones Settlement	3.1 miles	12
Glencliff	3.1 miles	12
McCrary Settlement	3.7 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331954. 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.