Hendricks, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the West Magoffin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41465. It stands on Jane Arnett Branch. The Survey maps it on the Salyersville South quadrangle. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Salyersville South quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Salyersville South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
293 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 293 fires within 5 miles of Hendricks between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,526 acres in total. None started naturally. 41 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 | 125 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MIDDLE PUNCHEON |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SKAGGS |
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PARKWAY |
| 19 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hendricks in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendricks | $10,000 | An NWS Employee and dispatch reported trees blown down on Mountain Parkway and Kentucky Highway 114 from near Ivyton to east of Salyersville. A vehicle that had pulled over due to heavy rain was struck by a tree, but the occupants were not injured. Powerlines were also blown down southwest of Salyersville. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendricks | $8,000 | A portion of a barn roof was ripped off along Route 30. Telephone poles were also snapped off in the same area by wind gusts estimated at 62 mph. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendricks | $5,000 | Trees down on Route 378. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Hendricks | $2,000 | Emergency Management relayed a report of water flowing over Kentucky Route 30 near the Middle Fork of the Licking River southwest of Salyersville, making the road impassable. Road damage was also prevalent due to the swiftly flowing water. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendricks | $1,000 | One tree was blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts on Route 378 or about 5 miles off Highway 30. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendricks | - | A tree was reported to have been downed and blocking Down and Around Road off of KY-30 and also south of Exit 70 along the Mountain Parkway. |
| February 2021 | Flash Flood | Hendricks | - | Swiftly flowing water was reported over KY 30 just northeast of Mill Branch Road making it impassable. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendricks | - | A tree was blown down on Hwy 3337. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hendricks | - | The hail was the size of nickels and quarters and were falling near the junction of routes 30 and 1090. |
| July 2002 | Flash Flood | Hendricks | - | A couple of driveway bridges were washed out along Bear Branch Creek near Kentucky Highway 30 and Kentucky Highway 1090. Also, two feet of water was flowing over Kentucky Highway 30, one mile south of Kentucky Highway 460. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Hendricks | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hendricks | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hendricks | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hendricks | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Gullett | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Craft Fork (historical) | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Crafts Fork | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeville | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Seitz | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ova | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Stella | 3.2 miles | 13 |
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 Hendricks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690587 | 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 508222. 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.
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.







