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Henderson Harbor, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Henderson town. It lies in ZIP code area 13651. The Survey maps it on the Henderson quadrangle.

Henderson Harbor within Jefferson County

Then and now

1893 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Henderson Harbor, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Henderson Harbor, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

42 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Henderson Harbor between 2002 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural8
Smoking5
Debris and open burning1

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
2 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henderson Harbor in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHenderson Harbor-Three inch tree limbs broken, shingles blown off, power poles broken.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Henderson1.6 miles21
Hungerford Corners1.9 miles21
Clark Point4.5 miles17
Babbitt Corner4.5 miles21
Rural Hill5.1 miles21
Butterville5.4 miles21
Smithville5.5 miles20
Roberts Corner5.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952588. 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.