Holtville, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Holtville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92250. The Survey maps it on the Holtville West quadrangle. 5,605 people lived here at the 2020 count. It lies 10 feet below sea level.
Then and now
1907 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresHoltville fell from 5,939 to 5,605 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,939 | |
| 2020 | 5,605 | -334 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1907 USGS Holtville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Alamorio quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Alamorio quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Holtville West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Holtville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Holtville between 1994 and 2013, burning about 96 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | MONTECITO |
| 2 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 13 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 June 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 8 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 May 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 15 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | San Diego Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holtville in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holtville | $20,000 | Thunderstorms with damaging microburst winds moved through Imperial county during the afternoon hours on September 13th. Law enforcement personnel reported that part of a building, an older structure, was blown onto the road near the intersection of Orchard and Bailey, in the community of Holtville. The winds were estimated to be at least 65 knots. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Holtville | - | CHP reported flash flooding near Orchard Road and Edwards Road. No injuries were reported. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holtville | - | Isolated late afternoon thunderstorms moved through central portions of Imperial county and they affected the community of Holtville. The moist and very unstable nature of the atmosphere allowed the stronger storms to generate strong and gusty outflow winds. A trained weather spotter in Holtville estimated a peak thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph and no damage was reported due to the strong wind gust. A Severe Thunderstorm Warnng was in effect at the time; it was issued at 1557PST and it ran through 1715PST. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holtville | - | Tropical moisture from dissipating former tropical storm Ivo spread north into Imperial county on August 24th, and this resulted in a very moist and unstable airmass. Strong thunderstorms developed across portions of central Imperial county during the early afternoon hours, and the storms generated strong gusty winds. According to a trained weather spotter just south of Holtville, a peak wind gust was measured at 60 mph. The strong winds had been gusting for more than one hour in Holtville; they led to the issuance of a Severe Thunderstorm Warning which was issued at 1352PST. The warning remained in effect until 1445PST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rico | 1.0 miles | 22 | |
| Perrys Corner | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Meloland | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Fuller | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Date City | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Watermans Corner | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Sandia | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Anza | 6.3 miles | 22 |
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 Holtville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q631666 | 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 1660761. 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.











