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Holland Gin, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35620. It stands on Magnusson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Elkmont quadrangle. It stands 899 feet above sea level.

Holland Gin within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

59 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Holland Gin between 1994 and 2020, burning about 489 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning28
Recreation and ceremony11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 1999Smoking5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Debris and open burning140 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
27 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Holland Gin: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Ardmore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerLimestone
Ardmore QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Limestone County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holland Gin in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Holland Gin$100,000This very short-lived tornado was part of the same storm that produced the tornado across the southern portion of Athens, Alabama, earlier. Damage was in less than a quarter of a mile swath between residences along either side of Hardiman Lane. Several residences sustained minor roof damage with shingles blown off. One residence sustained structural damage, as a portion of the bricks were cracked and beginning to pull away from the foundation. Several larger trees around the residences were snapped or uprooted. Maximum winds were estimated to be at 70 mph at this location. ||Just north of Hardiman lane, a barn sustained roof damage as a significant portion of the metal roof had been pulled off. The tornado rapidly lifted just northeast of this damage location.
January 2012Flash FloodHolland Gin$10,000Flash flooding occurred on several roads including Bethel, Thach and McKee Roads in northeast Limestone County adjacent to northern Madison County.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindHolland Gin$3,000Trees and power lines were knocked down along Mooresville Road southwest of Ardmore. Time estimated by radar.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindHolland Gin$1,000Power lines were knocked down on Ragsdale Creek Road.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindHolland Gin$500A tree was knocked down on Holland Gin Road near Interstate 65.
September 2021Flash FloodHolland Gin-Multiple vehicles submerged in the floodwaters between Ardmore and Elkmont. Depth of water unknown.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindHolland Gin-Tree branches were knocked down, trees split and signs blown over near the Alabama Welcome Center on I-65.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindHolland Gin-Structural damage was reported near Sweet Springs and Oak Grove Roads south of Ardmore.
October 2014HailHolland Gin-Nickel sized hail was reported on Sweet Springs road, about two miles east of Holland Gin, Alabama.
March 2012HailHolland Gin-Quarter sized hail and a wall cloud was reported near the I-65 welcome center.
June 2008HailHolland Gin-Nickel size hail was reported at Ardmore Aviation.

Every storm recorded in Limestone 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
Estaville (historical)0.8 miles20
Woodfin Mill1.7 miles20
Ardmore2.9 miles22
Thach3.0 miles20
Pine Dale3.2 miles22
Pettusville3.2 miles20
Oak Grove3.5 miles22
Cedar Hill3.7 miles22

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 Holland GinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18357930The 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 156487. 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.