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Henderson, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rush Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48841. The Survey maps it on the Owosso North quadrangle.

Henderson within Shiawassee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Henderson between 2018 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined3
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
19 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHESANING-BRADY FD 88 - 2020
11 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000098 - 2018
6 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000038 - 2019
25 March 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000032 - 2018
25 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000031 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shiawassee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Henderson: 2 producers. All of them 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
Fred Fitzgerald Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fred Fitzgerald Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Shiawassee County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henderson in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. 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
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHenderson$630,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Tree uprooted.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Numerous trees reported blown down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Law enforcement reported two trees down in Henderson.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Trees and wires were reported blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Numerous tree limbs were reported blown down.
June 2008HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2007HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2007HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2005HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2002HailHenderson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shiawassee 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
Five Points North1.7 miles15
New Haven2.3 miles15
Wolf Crossing4.0 miles15
Smith Crossing4.4 miles15
Hoovers Corners5.9 miles14
Easton6.0 miles15
Carland6.1 miles14
Owosso6.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628101. 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.