Henderson, Nebraska
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Henderson precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68371. The Survey maps it on the Henderson quadrangle. 1,080 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,719 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHenderson grew from 991 to 1,080 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 991 | |
| 2020 | 1,080 | +89 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1898 USGS York quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1899 USGS York quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS York quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Henderson between 2009 and 2020, burning about 189 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 135 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 November 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 October 2017 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henderson in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 21 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Henderson | $3,500,000 | This tornado touched down approximately 4 miles southwest of Bradshaw, moving to the north-northeast and dissipating approximately 4 miles southeast of Polk, near the York and Polk County line. As the tornado approached Highway 34 west of Bradshaw, a metal outbuilding and grain bins were destroyed, and it also crossed a railroad line, derailing several train cars. North of Bradshaw, a home suffered significant roof damage and the loss of one wall, and as the tornado continued north, power poles were snapped, irrigation pivots were overturned, and several trees were damaged. Between Bradshaw to the area west of Benedict, a total of 40 power poles were downed. The maximum wind speed of this tornado was estimated to be 130 MPH. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $500,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be at least 65 MPH resulted in tree damage in Henderson, including some larger trees. Tree limbs were downed onto roads, making travel difficult in town. A nearby mesonet located two miles east-northeast of Henderson measured a peak gust of 60 MPH at 11:10 PM CDT. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Henderson | $200,000 | A widespread swath of 3 to at least 4 inches of rain fell, resulting in the closure of numerous county roads across southern portions of York County. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $125,000 | A line of thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts near 65 MPH moved across the county. Tree damage was reported in McCool Junction, including large limbs up to 15 inches in diameter. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Henderson | $125,000 | Half dollar to golf ball size hail was reported. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Henderson | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $60,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Henderson | $25,000 | Crop damage from hail and wind was confined to a 6 square mile area of beans and corn. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Henderson | $10,000 | Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches near Henderson across southwest York County resulted in the flooding of county roads. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $10,000 | An isolated thunderstorm produced a dry microburst south of Henderson. The resulting wind partially damaged an irrigation pivot which was running at the time. |
| August 2009 | Flood | Henderson | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Henderson | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Henderson | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Henderson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Henderson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Henderson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $2,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in a large tree limb being downed in Henderson, blocking a street. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Wind gusts of 60 MPH and 71 MPH were measured by a mesonet station located two miles east-northeast of Henderson. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | A 66 MPH wind gust was measured by a mesonet station located two miles east-northeast of Henderson. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Henderson | - | Report was received from the trained spotter via Twitter. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Henderson | - | Report was via Facebook. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | This gust was associated with a heat burst. The temperature increased to 102 degrees and the dewpoint dropped to 46 degrees, making the relative humidity 15 percent. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Henderson | - | A small tornado briefly touched down southeast of Henderson. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | A roof was blown off of a porch in Henderson. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henderson | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Henderson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lushton | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Charlestown (historical) | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bradshaw | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| McCool Junction | 11.6 miles | 15 | |
| Knox | 12.0 miles | 15 | |
| York | 13.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mapps | 15.7 miles | 16 | |
| Arborville | 16.9 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 Henderson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q955449 | 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 829928. 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.






