Holly, Colorado
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Holly census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81047. The Survey maps it on the Holly East quadrangle. 837 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,392 feet above sea level.
On record in Holly
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Holly City Halllisted 2003
Holly Gymnasiumlisted 2007
Holly Santa Fe Depotlisted 1995
Holly SS Ranch Barnlisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresHolly grew from 802 to 837 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 | 802 | |
| 2020 | 837 | +35 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Granada quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Granada quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Granada quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Holly East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Holly between 1994 and 2013, burning about 520 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Prowers County | not named |
| 11 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Prowers County | not named |
| 12 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prowers County | not named |
| 6 June 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Prowers County | not named |
| 5 May 1994 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Prowers County | not named |
| 4 April 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 60 acres | Prowers County | not named |
| 27 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Holly Volunteer Fire & Ambulance District | UNKNOWN |
| 20 March 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Baca County Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Holly: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
60 of 103 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holly in 103 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 73 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 9 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF3) | Holly | 2 killed, 9 hurt, $4,000,000 | With a maximum rating of EF3 and a maximum damage path width of 900 yards, the tornado raced through Holly, causing two fatalities and nine injuries. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | $80,000 | South of Holly, a powerful microburst flipped over five center pivot irrigation systems both west and east of Highway 89. Two grain bins were destroyed and one severely damaged. Several vehicles at houses just north of the grain bins had their windows blown out, and a camper trailer was toppled on its side. Twenty power poles had to be replaced along County Road DD west of Highway 89 around a mile south of Holly. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | $30,000 | A microburst destroyed a hay barn. The debris damaged two vehicles...a tractor...baler...swather...and stack wagon. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | $10,000 | Power lines were downed around Holly. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Holly | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Holly | - | A public source reported hail of one inch in diameter. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Holly | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.03 inches. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Large tree down in Holly, Colorado. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Time of occurrence. Additional information regarding damage in Holly, Colorado which occurred late this afternoon. 15-20 homes with visible roof damage, shingles blown off. 7 large trees blown down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | A spotter reported 70 mph plus winds that snapped trees and branches in the city park. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | One inch tree limbs were broken and shingles were blown off. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Holly | - | A few hailstones up to baseball sized. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Holly | - | Trained spotters reported a tornado south of Holly, CO. The tornado lasted 5-7 minutes before lifting near the town of Holly. No damage reported as the tornado moved through open fields. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Holly | - | Public report of 1 inch hail. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Several large tree branches blown down. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Holly | - | A persistent wall cloud and funnel clouds where seen with a storm moving westward. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Minor damage occurred to tree limbs and weaker structures. |
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Holly | - | A slow-moving landspout tornado occurred over a wheat field and caused no damage, although it can very close to hitting a fleeing wheat combine. Two other weaker landspout tornadoes occurred simultaneously within a mile of the aforementioned landspout tornado. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Holly | - | A small short-lived tornado occurred, and there was no known damage. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | Also...winds estimated around 55 MPH with this thunderstorm...causing 3 inch diameter limbs to be broken. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Holly | - | Two to 5 inches of rain in only a few hours caused several inches of water to flow over roadways as well numerous road washouts...mainly 3 to 10 miles south and southwest of Holly. |
| September 2004 | Hail | Holly | - | Hail occurred for 45 minutes and completely covered the ground several inches deep. |
| September 2004 | Flash Flood | Holly | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flooding of Horse Creek and West Wildhorse Creek. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Holly | - | A brief tornado over open country caused no known damage. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Holly | - | A spotter reported dime-size hail fell west of Holly (27 miles east of Lamar). |
| May 2022 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Holly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2072070 | 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 203843. 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.







