Holiday, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the New Port Richey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34690. The Survey maps it on the Elfers quadrangle. 24,939 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1943 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 55 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1943 against another survey:
On record in Holiday
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 1 record
Charles B. Anderson Houselisted 1996
Population over time
2 figuresHoliday grew from 22,403 to 24,939 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 | 22,403 | |
| 2020 | 24,939 | +2,536 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1943 USGS Elfers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Elfers quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Elfers quadrangle1:25000
- 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
- 1974 USGS Elfers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Elfers quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Holiday between 1992 and 2020, burning about 909 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/ANCLOTE FIRE-0987 |
| 1 September 1999 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 1997 | Natural | 28 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2020 | Natural | 102 acres | Florida Forest Service | KEYSTONE BIKE TRAIL (52)** |
| 7 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RUSHMORE (51) |
| 4 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/DOVE/0766 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holiday in 27 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 4 heavy rain, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Holiday | $240,000 | There were 50 homes with light damage, and seven homes with moderate or greater damage. Several tree trunks were snapped, some half-way up the trunk, and several trees were uprooted. One business had minor roof damage with awnings and a fence destroyed. The damage path was narrow and not continuous. Winds were estimated at 95mph. |
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Holiday | $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Lightning | Holiday | $100,000 | Broadcast media reported and Pasco County Fire and Rescue responded to a house fire caused by a direct lightning strike. The home was totally engulfed in flames and also caused damage to neighbors homes. No injuries were reported, but two dogs were killed in the fire. |
| August 2000 | Flood | Holiday | $100,000 | Heavy rainfall of six to eight inches in less than three hours caused localized urban flooding from Palm Harbor in Pinellas county north along the U.S. Highway corridor to New Port Richey in Pasco county. Several vehicles incurred water damage from the urban floodwaters at low-lying intersections along the U.S. Highway 19 corridor in both Pinellas and Pasco counties. |
| November 1997 | Flood | Holiday | $100,000 | Urban flooding caused rug damage to a few homes and vehicles in low lying areas west of U.S. Highway 19 from Holiday north to New Port Richey. |
| February 1998 | Flood | Holiday | $40,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holiday | $30,000 | The Florida State Watch Office relayed a report of 13 damaged mobile homes in the Holiday area. They also reported numerous downed trees and powerlines in the vicinity. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holiday | $25,000 | Multiple trees were reported down near Holiday. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holiday | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines east of Holiday near State Road 54. |
| August 2000 | Flood | Holiday | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Lightning | Holiday | $10,000 | Social media post relayed a drone video of a lightning-caused fire at an apartment complex in Holiday. No injuries were reported. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holiday | $10,000 | HAM radio operator reported trees downed on powerlines and across road near Colonial Hills near Moog Road and US Highway 19. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holiday | $5,000 | Online newspaper posted photo of damage to a carport attached to a mobile home near the intersection of Buena Vista Lane and Kemper Drive in Holiday. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holiday | $5,000 | An amateur radio operator reported that multiple trees were down near US19 and Flora Avenue. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holiday | $1,000 | Local broadcast media relayed a report of a downed tree on Conoley Lane in Holiday. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Holiday | - | Trained Spotter reported hail up to a penny size in Holiday. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Holiday | - | Heavy rain caused street flooding in Holiday around the intersection of US Highway 19 and US Alternate Highway 19. |
| June 2007 | Heavy Rain | Holiday | - | Rainfall of 4.16 inches was recorded. Widespread rainfall of 2 to 4 inches was observed across the county. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Holiday | - | Hail covered the parking lot at the intersection of Little Road and State Road 54. Numerous reports of hail covering the ground. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Holiday | - | The media reported nickel sized hail near the intersection of U.S. Highway 19 and State Road 54 near Holiday, Florida. |
| August 2000 | Heavy Rain | Holiday | - | A Skywarn Spotter reported 6.26 inches of rainfall fell in Holiday in less than six hours. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holiday | - | Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was reported by a Skywarn Spotter. |
| June 1997 | Heavy Rain | Holiday | - | Heavy rain of three to five inches in two hours occurred along the U.S. Highway 19 corridor in Holiday. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holiday | - | A Skywarn Spotter reported a wind gust to 60 mph. |
| September 1997 | Waterspout | Holiday | - | A waterspout developed and lasted for nineteen minutes before it dissipated, one mile west southwest of Anclote Key. |
| June 2000 | Flood | Holiday | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Holiday | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hills | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Beacon Lakes | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Beacon Square | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Elfers | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Anclote | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Trinity | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Gulf Harbors | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| New Port Richey | 4.0 miles | 17 |
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 Holiday | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2126669 | 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 284144. 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.










