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Holder, Florida

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34445. The Survey maps it on the Holder quadrangle. It stands 59 feet above sea level.

Holder within Citrus County

Then and now

1895 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Holder, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Holder, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

285 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Holder between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,063 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 41 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
Equipment and vehicle use103
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism41
Railroad operations and maintenance28
Natural27
Debris and open burning19
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony9
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
8 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service09/AKOLA FIRE/0907
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2 MILE CAMPFIRE (09)
1 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFOXDALE (09)
1 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service09/HAMMOCK FIRE/0884

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Citrus County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Holder: 3 past producers, 2 plants, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Limestone, General. 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
Hard RockPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1915, 1930
Manko - Section 5 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Lecanto MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Aggregate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Acton Mine & MillPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Kellogg Mine & MillPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Manko Co Section 5 MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer

Every working recorded in Citrus County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holder in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 4 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2017Thunderstorm WindHolder1 hurt, $30,000A large oak tree was knocked down and fell on a house in Holder. The home owner sustained minor injuries and refused transportation to a hospital. Additionally, downed power lines sparked a 50 acre brush fire near Crystal River.
January 1998FloodHolder$2,000,000The Withlacoochee River at Holder crested at 10.5 feet, two and a half feet above the flood stage of eight feet on the 20th. Up to 200 homes in the Arrowhead subdivision were damaged by floodwaters near State Road 200 north of County Road 491.
March 1998FloodHolder$500,000The Withlacoochee River at Holder crested at 10.58 feet, two and a half feet above the flood stage of eight feet, on the 21st. Several homes incurred water damage from the floodwaters, mainly in the Arrowhead subdivision along State Road 200.
February 1998FloodHolder$500,000The Withlacoochee River at Holder crested at 10.0 feet, two feet above the flood stage of eight feet, on the 28th. Several homes incurred water damage from the floodwaters.
April 1998FloodHolder$300,000The Withlacoochee River at Holder crested at 10.0 feet, two feet above the flood stage of eight feet on the 1st. Several homes in the Arrowhead subdivision incurred damage from the floodwaters of the Withlacoochee River near Holder.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHolder$5,000Citrus County Sheriffs Office reported multiple trees downed near the intersection of West Citrus Springs Blvd and North Deltona Blvd near Citrus Springs in Citrus County.
May 2003HailHolder$5,000Emergency Management reported house windows broken and two cars slid off road due to hail.

Every storm recorded in Citrus 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
Citrus Springs3.4 miles23
Pine Ridge3.4 miles23
Beverly Hills4.0 miles23
Black Diamond5.1 miles23
Hernando5.2 miles25
Citrus Hills5.5 miles23
Arlington7.5 miles24
Citronelle7.9 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 HolderAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5879607The 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 284138. 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.