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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.

Holly within Prowers County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Holly 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.

YearPeople Change
2010802
2020837+35 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

14 since 1994

Regional 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 ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
3 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresProwers Countynot named
11 August 1995Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresProwers Countynot named
12 July 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreProwers Countynot named
6 June 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreProwers Countynot named
5 May 1994Natural9.0 acresProwers Countynot named
4 April 1994Recreation and ceremony60 acresProwers Countynot named
27 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHolly Volunteer Fire & Ambulance DistrictUNKNOWN
20 March 1994Recreation and ceremony20 acresBaca County Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Prowers County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Prowers County

Storms near this place

60 of 103 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2007Tornado (EF3)Holly2 killed, 9 hurt, $4,000,000With 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 2010Thunderstorm WindHolly$80,000South 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 2011Thunderstorm WindHolly$30,000A microburst destroyed a hay barn. The debris damaged two vehicles...a tractor...baler...swather...and stack wagon.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindHolly$10,000Power lines were downed around Holly.
June 2009HailHolly$5,000no account filed
June 2024HailHolly-A public source reported hail of one inch in diameter.
July 2022Heavy RainHolly-Heavy rainfall of 1.03 inches.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindHolly-Large tree down in Holly, Colorado.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindHolly-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 2021Thunderstorm WindHolly-A spotter reported 70 mph plus winds that snapped trees and branches in the city park.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHolly-One inch tree limbs were broken and shingles were blown off.
May 2020HailHolly-A few hailstones up to baseball sized.
May 2020Tornado (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 2020HailHolly-Public report of 1 inch hail.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindHolly-Several large tree branches blown down.
June 2014Funnel CloudHolly-A persistent wall cloud and funnel clouds where seen with a storm moving westward.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindHolly-Minor damage occurred to tree limbs and weaker structures.
June 2012Tornado (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 2009Tornado (EF0)Holly-A small short-lived tornado occurred, and there was no known damage.
July 2009HailHolly-Also...winds estimated around 55 MPH with this thunderstorm...causing 3 inch diameter limbs to be broken.
July 2004Flash FloodHolly-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 2004HailHolly-Hail occurred for 45 minutes and completely covered the ground several inches deep.
September 2004Flash FloodHolly-Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flooding of Horse Creek and West Wildhorse Creek.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Holly-A brief tornado over open country caused no known damage.
May 1994HailHolly-A spotter reported dime-size hail fell west of Holly (27 miles east of Lamar).
May 2022HailHolly-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHolly-no account filed
May 2020HailHolly-no account filed
September 2019HailHolly-no account filed
June 2018HailHolly-no account filed
July 2018HailHolly-no account filed
May 2017HailHolly-no account filed
May 2017HailHolly-no account filed
June 2017HailHolly-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHolly-no account filed
April 2015HailHolly-no account filed
April 2015HailHolly-no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHolly-no account filed
August 2012HailHolly-no account filed
June 2011HailHolly-no account filed
July 2010HailHolly-no account filed
June 2009HailHolly-no account filed
June 2009HailHolly-no account filed
June 2009HailHolly-no account filed
July 2009HailHolly-no account filed
July 2009HailHolly-no account filed
July 2009HailHolly-no account filed
July 2009HailHolly-no account filed
June 2008HailHolly-no account filed
June 2008HailHolly-no account filed
June 2007HailHolly-no account filed
April 2007HailHolly-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHolly-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHolly-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHolly-no account filed
June 2005HailHolly-no account filed
August 2005HailHolly-no account filed
June 2004HailHolly-no account filed
June 2004HailHolly-no account filed
July 2004HailHolly-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Prowers 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
Hartman7.0 miles17
Warwick9.4 miles16
Granada10.0 miles16
Bristol11.1 miles16
Koen12.0 miles16
Parrish14.7 miles14
Grote15.7 miles14
Carlton15.9 miles14

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 HollyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2072070The 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.