BlockHolman, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Elrod-Moores Bridge-Echola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35458. The Survey maps it on the Elrod quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Elrod quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Holman between 1994 and 2020, burning about 900 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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 | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20130919-002 |
| 15 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20130915-001 |
| 11 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200911-1 |
| 17 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holman in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1998 | Tornado (F3) | Holman | 1 hurt, $800,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF3) | Holman | $730,000 | This tornado developed along a Quasi-Linear Convective System in far eastern Pickens County, 5.5 miles south southeast of Gordo and moved northeastward for 3.46 miles where it crossed into Tuscaloosa County just to the west of Holman, south of AL Hwy 140. This tornado continued for almost 19 miles in Tuscaloosa County before dissipating 2.5 miles east northeast of Samantha. As the tornado entered Tuscaloosa County and crossed US Hwy 82, its path widened to near 400 yds and it strengthened to an EF2 where it uprooted numerous trees. Northeast of Holman, the tornado strengthened to an EF3 with winds of 140 mph and caused significant damage to a home. It removed the roof and tossed it at least 200 yds. A 3500 pound trailer was thrown about 100 yds. The tornado continued northeast where it crossed AL Hwy 171 and US Hwy 43. Thousands of trees were snapped or uprooted and many homes sustained damage due to the fallen trees. In addition, at least 3 outbuildings sustained damage or were destroyed. The tornado tracked south of Samantha and dissipated along North Hagler Rd. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Holman | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holman | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on Echola Rd, near US-82 in the Sipsey Valley area. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holman | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down onto AL-140, just east of Echola Road. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Holman | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage|associated with a tornado in Greene, Pickens, and Tuscaloosa|counties that began around 3:08 PM on March 15, 2025. The tornado entered Tuscaloosa County from Pickens County. Several|trees were downed along Highway 82 near Minas Road before the|tornado weakened on the north side of Highway 82 in Tuscaloosa|County. It lifted along and just west of Lee Bonner Road, where a|few more trees were uprooted. The total path length of the tornado across all three counties was 26.46 miles. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Holman | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in western Tuscaloosa County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 100 mph. This tornado began in Pickens and crossed into Tuscaloosa County six-tenths of a mile south of Highway 82. The tornado began to decrease in intensity as it moved northeast towards Highway 82, but continued to uproot trees and caused minor roof damage to some homes along Highway 82. It appeared to increase again in intensity again as it approached the intersection of Boyd Road and Upper Columbus Road in the Echola community, snapping and uprooting more trees and collapsing a couple chicken houses. The tornado continued to snap trees as it crossed the Sipsey River, dissipating just before reaching Highway 171. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holman | - | Trees were reported down on Highway 140 and Holman Church Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elrod | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Buhl | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Echola | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Western Hills | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Western Hills Estates | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Shirley | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Forest Green Park | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Forest Green | 7.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156489. 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.