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.
Then and now
1895 to 1979The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1895 USGS Tsala Apopka quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Holder quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
285 since 1992Regional 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 use | 103 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 09/AKOLA FIRE/0907 |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2 MILE CAMPFIRE (09) |
| 1 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FOXDALE (09) |
| 1 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 09/HAMMOCK FIRE/0884 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hard Rock | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1915, 1930 | |
| Manko - Section 5 Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Lecanto Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Aggregate Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Acton Mine & Mill | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Kellogg Mine & Mill | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Manko Co Section 5 Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holder | 1 hurt, $30,000 | A 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 1998 | Flood | Holder | $2,000,000 | The 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 1998 | Flood | Holder | $500,000 | The 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 1998 | Flood | Holder | $500,000 | The 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 1998 | Flood | Holder | $300,000 | The 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holder | $5,000 | Citrus 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 2003 | Hail | Holder | $5,000 | Emergency Management reported house windows broken and two cars slid off road due to hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus Springs | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Pine Ridge | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Beverly Hills | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Black Diamond | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Hernando | 5.2 miles | 25 | |
| Citrus Hills | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Arlington | 7.5 miles | 24 | |
| Citronelle | 7.9 miles | 14 |
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 Holder | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5879607 | 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 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.








