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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.

Henderson within York County

Population over time

2 figures

Henderson 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.

YearPeople Change
2010991
20201,080+89 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

7 since 2009

Regional 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
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
4 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined135 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 November 2015Equipment and vehicle use20 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 October 2017Debris and open burning30 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Storms near this place

42 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Tornado (EF2)Henderson$3,500,000This 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 2021Thunderstorm WindHenderson$500,000Wind 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 2014Flash FloodHenderson$200,000A 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 2014Thunderstorm WindHenderson$125,000A 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 2013HailHenderson$125,000Half dollar to golf ball size hail was reported.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHenderson$100,000no account filed
June 1997HailHenderson$75,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindHenderson$60,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindHenderson$30,000no account filed
June 2003HailHenderson$25,000Crop damage from hail and wind was confined to a 6 square mile area of beans and corn.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHenderson$25,000no account filed
July 2008Flash FloodHenderson$10,000Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches near Henderson across southwest York County resulted in the flooding of county roads.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindHenderson$10,000An isolated thunderstorm produced a dry microburst south of Henderson. The resulting wind partially damaged an irrigation pivot which was running at the time.
August 2009FloodHenderson$10,000no account filed
June 2007HailHenderson$10,000no account filed
May 1998HailHenderson$10,000no account filed
July 2008HailHenderson$5,000no account filed
June 2007HailHenderson$5,000no account filed
June 2007HailHenderson$5,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHenderson$2,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in a large tree limb being downed in Henderson, blocking a street.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHenderson$500no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Wind gusts of 60 MPH and 71 MPH were measured by a mesonet station located two miles east-northeast of Henderson.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHenderson-A 66 MPH wind gust was measured by a mesonet station located two miles east-northeast of Henderson.
June 2020HailHenderson-Report was received from the trained spotter via Twitter.
June 2018HailHenderson-Report was via Facebook.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHenderson-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 2011Thunderstorm WindHenderson-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 1994Tornado (F0)Henderson-A small tornado briefly touched down southeast of Henderson.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindHenderson-A roof was blown off of a porch in Henderson.
June 2022HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2017HailHenderson-no account filed
August 2016HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2011HailHenderson-no account filed
September 2010HailHenderson-no account filed
June 2008HailHenderson-no account filed
July 2008HailHenderson-no account filed
September 2008HailHenderson-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHenderson-no account filed
May 2003HailHenderson-no account filed
May 2003HailHenderson-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindHenderson-no account filed
May 1994HailHenderson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in York 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
Lushton6.0 miles15
Charlestown (historical)6.8 miles15
Bradshaw8.0 miles15
McCool Junction11.6 miles15
Knox12.0 miles15
York13.2 miles15
Mapps15.7 miles16
Arborville16.9 miles13

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 Q955449The 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.