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Hendrix, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Bloomington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61705. The Survey maps it on the Bloomington East quadrangle.

Hendrix within McLean County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

In the county-history sources

72,613 words on this township

History of Bloomington and Normal, in McLean County, Illinois, published 1879; History of McLean County, Illinois, published 1924 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Bloomington City Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Bloomington City Township - 72,613 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hendrix in 2013, burning about 2 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/undetermined1

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
3 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesTALASKI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLean County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hendrix: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hall Pit No. 74Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Heidelberg Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rowe Pit No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in McLean County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hendrix in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2020Thunderstorm WindHendrix-A large tree limb was blown down.
May 2009Flash FloodHendrix-Heavy rainfall of 1.00 to 2.00 inches within an hour, on already saturated ground, produced flash flooding in southern McLean County. Many rural roads were flooded. Numerous streets in the town of LeRoy were under water.

Every storm recorded in McLean 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
Burns1.3 miles14
Randolph3.0 miles14
Shamrock4.2 miles14
Gillum4.2 miles14
Bloomington4.5 miles14
Brokaw4.5 miles14
Shirley4.6 miles13
Colonial Meadows4.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422799. 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.