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Henderson, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Henderson City. It lies in ZIP code area 56044. The Survey maps it on the Henderson quadrangle. 960 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 755 feet above sea level.

Henderson within Sibley County

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Henderson grew from 886 to 960 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.

YearPeople Change
2010886
2020960+74 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Henderson between 2006 and 2012, burning about 75 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
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeBLAKELY
7 October 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeHENDERSON ASSIST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sibley 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 Henderson: 1 producer. 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
Kielmeyer Constr CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sibley County

Storms near this place

35 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henderson in 35 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 14 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014FloodHenderson$3,900,000Several sources in Sibley County compiled a summary of flood related damages and locations for the flood of June 2014. Mudslides were going into some residences along the Minnesota River Valley. The City of Henderson was inundated with flood waters with businesses and local residence sandbagging. Scenic Highway 6 along the Minnesota River near Faxon Township was washed out due to the swollen river and heavy rainfall. There were also numerous county and secondary roads closed, along and near the Minnesota River.
March 2010FloodHenderson$60,000Highway 93 was closed from Highway 169 to Henderson, due to flood waters of the Minnesota River. Monetary costs were based on FEMA, State, and Local assistance which includes the following categories; debris removal, emergency protective measures, and road systems and bridges.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindHenderson$40,000Barn down. Several sheds and outbuildings collapsed. Grain auger tipped over and smashed car. Numerous trees down.
September 2021Tornado (EF0)Henderson$2,000An EFO tornado tracked through a corn field and knocked down a few large branches in a grove of trees toward the end of the path. The path length was 1.6 miles with a width of 50 yards. Maximum wind speeds were 70 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHenderson-A trained spotter reported numerous 3 inch diameter branches down as well as a 10 inch diameter pine tree that was uprooted.
March 2019FloodHenderson-Numerous roads were closed for several days due to snow melt, and the flood waters that develop from it. Rapidly runoff led to impassable roads, especially along streams and creeks along county roads.
July 2019Tornado (EF0)Henderson-A storm chaser filmed a brief tornado that touched down in an open field.
June 2014Flash FloodHenderson-County officials closed portions of County Road 6, and Crahan Lane, near Belle Plaine due to flood waters.
June 2014Heavy RainHenderson-A local observer had a 12 hour rainfall report of 5.83 inches.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHenderson-A large tree was blown down across Highway 19.
March 2011FloodHenderson-An ice jam caused the Minnesota River to back up along the Highway 19 bridge and flood the roadway east of Henderson. Eventually, State Highway 93, south of Henderson was closed due to the Rush River backing up due to another ice jam.
March 2010FloodHenderson-Highway 93 was closed due to flooding along the Rush River.
August 2007Flash FloodHenderson-Highway 93 barricaded near the railroad bridge.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Large tree blown down onto Highway 93.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Large tree down over road.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Few trees felled. Estimated windspeed.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Large tree sheared in half. Estimated windspeed.
August 2023HailHenderson-no account filed
April 2022HailHenderson-no account filed
April 2022HailHenderson-no account filed
May 2016HailHenderson-no account filed
May 2014HailHenderson-no account filed
August 2013HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2012HailHenderson-no account filed
May 2011HailHenderson-no account filed
May 2011HailHenderson-no account filed
August 2011HailHenderson-no account filed
July 2010Funnel CloudHenderson-no account filed
May 2008HailHenderson-no account filed
April 2006HailHenderson-no account filed
October 2006HailHenderson-no account filed
September 2002HailHenderson-no account filed
July 1997Flash FloodHenderson-no account filed
July 1997Flash FloodHenderson-no account filed
July 1997Flash FloodHenderson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sibley 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
Allansons Park0.0 miles11
Sibley Estates East0.1 miles11
Jessenland3.1 miles11
Rush River8.7 miles9
New Rome9.8 miles11
Arlington10.7 miles11
Assumption11.1 miles11
Green Isle11.7 miles11

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 HendersonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2230559The 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 644862. 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.