Henderson, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Anderson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51541. The Survey maps it on the Carson quadrangle. 144 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,043 feet above sea level.
On record in Henderson
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Nishnabotna River Bridgelisted 1998
Population over time
2 figuresHenderson fell from 185 to 144 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 185 | |
| 2020 | 144 | -41 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Carson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Henderson in 2009, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 November 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Henderson: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K and S Qurry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Macedonia | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| North Macedonia | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| South Macedonia | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henderson in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Flood | Henderson | $20,000 | Heavy rainfall over the weekend of May 4th through the 6th, caused the West Nishnabotna River and its tributaries to flood several county roads in Mills county prompting their closure. See Pottawattamie county for specifics of the West Nishnabotna River at Hancock. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Emergency Management relayed a report of down powerlines and limbs on cars in the town of Henderson. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | A 62 miles per hour wind gust was recorded on a personal weather station. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Henderson | - | Public reported 2-inch hail via mPING. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | A mesonet station recorded a peak wind gust of 70 mph. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Henderson | - | Broadcast media relayed a report of larger than quarter sized hail. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Henderson | - | A short-lived tornado developed on a farm where it quickly destroyed a metal building structure, flipping two trucks that were parked inside the building. The roof was flipped off of the structure and debris was distributed to the northeast. The tornado then impacted and snapped several wood power poles but did not cause any additional significant or highly focused damage. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Henderson | - | Nickel to golf ball size hail was reported southeast of Henderson. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | A barn was blown down near 380th and Brothers Ave. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at close to 60 mph downed 3 to 4 inch in diameter tree limbs. |
| July 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Henderson | - | A high based non-supercell thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud that was estimated to have been east of Glenwood but also seen from several other surrounding comunities. The funnel did not apparently touch down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph broke off numerous tree limbs southwest of Henderson. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Henderson | - | Some crop damage was reported. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Henderson | - | Reported by the public. |
| October 2001 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hastings | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Silver City | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| White Cloud | 11.8 miles | 8 | |
| Malvern | 12.5 miles | 10 | |
| Strahan | 13.7 miles | 8 | |
| Mineola | 14.0 miles | 11 | |
| Balfour | 14.0 miles | 12 |
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 Q1932322 | 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 457393. 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.




