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Holtville, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Deatsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36022. It stands on Shoal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Holtville quadrangle. 4,940 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 354 feet above sea level.

Holtville within Elmore County

Population over time

2 figures

Holtville grew from 4,096 to 4,940 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
20104,096
20204,940+844 (+21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

174 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Holtville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 547 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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 burning65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use21
Recreation and ceremony19
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural2
Other causes1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-15
17 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140917-001
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Holtville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Elmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Elmore County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holtville in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1998Thunderstorm WindHoltville1 hurt, $50,000Strong straight-line wind was believed responsible for property damage across northern Elmore County from southeast of the Lightwood community in northwest Elmore County to Seman in the north central part of the county. A house of unknown construction was destroyed about 4 miles northwest of Holtville. A man lying on a sofa was picked up by the wind along with the sofa and blown about 300 yards. Numerous trees along with power lines were downed by the wind. Emergency management officials surveyed the damage, and they believe the damage was caused by strong wind.
February 2022Tornado (EF0)Holtville-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in western Elmore County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph. The tornado touched down just east of Todd where large branches and a pine tree were uprooted. The tornado continued northeast and crossed Jordon Lake Reservoir. A swath of uprooted and some snapped trees were observed along the north side of the lake northeastward to Possum Trot Road. The last area of damage occurred at the end of Marina Road along the Coosa River where a few metal carports were damaged and some trees were uprooted.
March 2019Tornado (EF2)Holtville-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Elmore County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph.||The tornado touched down near Shoal Creek Drive on the western shores of Jordan Lake. The initial damage was rather weak and confined to tree damage. The tornado intensified quickly as it moved across Blackberry Road. Many homes suffered minor roof damage and numerous trees were snapped off or uprooted. Several landed on homes. The tornado then crossed Jordan Lake and produced damage to homes on Red Bone Drive, Speigner Road, Shady Lane Road, Jones Corner Road, Montana Drive and Dakota Drive. Hundreds of trees were uprooted with many power poles downed and several homes suffered roof damage. The tornado continued northeastward and crossed Thornton Road. This is where the worst damage occurred. Several homes lost entire roofs and a few walls in this location. The tornado continued northeast and crossed U.S. Highway 231, producing damaged along Laurel Creek Road. One service station sustained extensive damage and numerous trees and power lines were downed in this area. The tornado paralleled Laurel Creek Road and knocked trees down until lifting just before Antioch Road. Over the entire path, at least 35 power poles were snapped and downed, at least 50 structures suffered damage, two convenience stores were damaged, a few homes had roofs removed and walls collapsed, and one car was moved over 30 yards.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHoltville-Trees uprooted and power lines downed at Holtville High School.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHoltville-Trees were uprooted near Lighthouse Road and Narrow Loop.
February 2011Heavy RainHoltville-Heavy rainfall associated with a strong thunderstorm resulted in ponding of water on the roadway near the intersection of Alabama Highway 111 and County Road 23 in Holtville.
March 2000HailHoltville-Dime to quarter size hail was reported in and around the city of Holtville.
August 1999HailHoltville-Dime size hail fell just outside Holtville near Jordan Dam.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHoltville-Trees were blown down and winds were reported at 60 mph near Holtville.

Every storm recorded in Elmore 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
Adkin Hill2.1 miles17
Coosa River2.4 miles16
Cold Spring2.9 miles17
Weoka Mills3.4 miles16
Speigner3.7 miles17
Deatsville4.1 miles17
Riddle4.3 miles16
Ten Cedars Estates4.6 miles16

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 HoltvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1262295The 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 120302. 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.