Hollytree, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35751. It lies near Williams Cove. The Survey maps it on the Hollytree quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Hollytree quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Hollytree quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Hollytree quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hollytree between 1998 and 2019, burning about 668 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 May 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 65, AL |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 510 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20140330-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollytree in 15 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollytree | $8,000 | Four trees were blown down in the Holly Tree area. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollytree | $3,000 | Two trees were snapped. A six inch diameter tree was snapped near its base, while a nearby sapling one inch in diameter was snapped halfway up the tree. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollytree | $3,000 | Two trees were blown down in the Holly Tree community. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollytree | $500 | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Hollytree | - | Standing water over AL Hwy 65 N between mile marker 11 and 12 in Holly Tree, AL. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Hollytree | - | Estimate of 14 inches of water flowing over Hwy 65 at MM11 near Mt. Nebo Baptist Church. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Hollytree | - | About 6 to 8 inches of water covering Hwy 65 near the 11-mile marker. Tree limbs and debris also in floodwaters from the Paint Rock Rover covering the road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollytree | - | A couple of trees and power lines were knocked down along Highway 65 near Holly Tree, in the Rocky Holler community. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Hollytree | - | Approximately 12 inches of water on Highway 65 around Mile Marker 11. Reported by a local resident. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Hollytree | - | Holly Tree Coop Observer reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 4.05 inches. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Hollytree | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| September 2012 | Heavy Rain | Hollytree | - | Heavy rainfall occurred, with 4.85 inches measured, near Hollytree. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hollytree | - | Penny sized hail was reported at a local grocery store. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollytree | - | A few trees were blown down along Highway 65 near Hollytree. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Hollytree | - | Dime to quarter size hail fell in the Hollytree area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Padgett (historical) | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Little Nashville | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Trenton | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Beachboro (historical) | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Larkins Fork (historical) | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Swaim | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Garth | 5.7 miles | 25 |
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 Hollytree | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14679153 | 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 156488. 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.









