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Henderson, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65742. It lies near White Oak Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Oak Grove Heights quadrangle.

Henderson within Webster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

181 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Henderson between 1992 and 2017, burning about 820 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 burning128
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning170 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Webster County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Henderson: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. 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
Jackson MineLeadPast Producer
Unknown - ZincZincPast Producer
Gates MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Harper MinesLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Webster County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henderson in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHenderson$15,000Multiple trees were reported down, and a barn roof was torn off on Lon Road north of Rogersville.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Henderson$10,000A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado touched down 2.7 miles north of Rogersville and tracked northeast before lifting 5 miles northwest of Fordland. Wind speeds were estimated at around 75 MPH. Damage occurred mainly to outbuildings and trees.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindHenderson$10,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts flipped a car over.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHenderson$1,000Thunderstorm winds damaged trees and an outbuilding along Missouri Highway B just north of Rogersville.
June 2015Flash FloodHenderson-Route B along Panther Creek was flooded and closed due to flooding.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHenderson-A tree was blow down across Highway D.

Every storm recorded in Webster 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
Rogersville1.7 miles23
Lon2.9 miles21
All3.0 miles21
Panther Valley4.0 miles21
Zenar5.7 miles14
Fordland6.4 miles14
Compton (historical)6.5 miles21
Olga8.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 719367. 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.