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Holley, Florida

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Holley-Navarre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32566. It stands on Dean Creek. The Survey maps it on the Holley quadrangle. 2,484 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Holley within Santa Rosa County

Then and now

1921 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Holley, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Holley, surveyed 1921

Population over time

2 figures

Holley grew from 1,630 to 2,484 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
20101,630
20202,484+854 (+52%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

253 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Holley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,949 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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
Railroad operations and maintenance67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Debris and open burning36
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Equipment and vehicle use22
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking10
Natural8
Fireworks6
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRED HERON (57)
6 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.6 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMENORCA FIRE - 1181
30 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceKIT LANE (57)
24 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceEL PASEO FIRE-1661
22 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Holley: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. 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
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. -Holly MineSandUnknown
M and L Sand Co. - Navarre MineSandProducer
O.C. Mills Sand Co. - Mills MineSandProducer

Every working recorded in Santa Rosa County

Storms near this place

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holley in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
August 2002LightningHolley1 hurtA 48 year old male was working on a roof of a house when lightning hit near him. The man was stunned by the strike and was taken to a local hospital where he was examined and later released.
March 1999Tornado (F1)Holley$1,000,000A weak F1 tornado (winds from 73 to 85 mph) moved through the Country Breeze Estates subdivision along County Rd. 399. The tornado, occurring around 130 AM CST, was about 50 to 75 yards wide with a damage path of approximately one half statute mile. 55 homes sustained some degree of structural damage, mainly with roofs. Of these, 20 suffered major damage.
March 1999Tornado (F0)Holley$30,000A F0 tornado (winds 40 to 73 mph on the Fujita Scale) with a track of about 150 yards and 50 yards wide, touched down briefly in Holley. The weak tornado twisted several large pine trees which in turn damaged the roof and windows of three homes as they fell. Additional funnel clouds were sighted in the county, but the remainder of storm damage appeared to be from straight lines winds.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHolley$20,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down power lines near Holley by the Sea. Five homes also suffered minor roof damage.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHolley$10,000High winds from a thunderstorm downed trees on Highway 87 in Holley.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHolley-Steel gazebo was lifted into the air and damaged the gutter/and part of the roof of a home.
May 2022HailHolley-Quarter size hail was reported via social media on the north side of Navarre in the Holly community.
October 2021Flash FloodHolley-The intersection of Reef Street and Masters Blvd is closed due to flooding.
July 2013Flash FloodHolley-Northbound lane of Sunrise Drive at U.S. Highway 98 at the entrance to Holley by the Sea was closed due flooding of water at least 6 inches deep.
February 1999WaterspoutHolley-A waterspout was sighted over East Bay moving toward the Holley area. The waterspout dissipated before reaching land.
February 1998HailHolley-Dime size hail was reported just north of Holley.
April 2009HailHolley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Santa Rosa 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
Muddy Ford1.1 miles20
Harper1.5 miles20
Navarre3.9 miles18
Woodlawn Beach6.0 miles20
Broxson8.4 miles20
Dickerson City8.5 miles18
Pine Bluff8.7 miles20
Tiger Point9.2 miles18

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 HolleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5901010The 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 284155. 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.