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Hollister, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Interlachen-Florahome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32147. The Survey maps it on the Rodman quadrangle. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Hollister within Putnam County

Then and now

1915 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hollister, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Hollister, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

393 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 393 fires within 5 miles of Hollister between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,057 acres in total. 87 started naturally. 48 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
Natural87
Equipment and vehicle use59
Debris and open burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Arson/incendiarism48
Railroad operations and maintenance45
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceELLEN DR (54)
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/CVS FIRE
26 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/FILMORE FIRE
25 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/64TH STREET
25 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hollister: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium. 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
Jones H J Titanium DepositTitaniumProspect
Jones H J Titanium Deposit 2TitaniumProspect

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

17 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollister in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 1998Tornado (F0)Hollister$4,000Large trees were blown down
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHollister$2,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2025Heavy RainHollister-A mesonet station AW156 HOLLISTER measured 2.02 inches of rainfall in the past hour.
September 2024FloodHollister-Hunter road was reported to be underwater | for several miles. Water was deep and moving | swiftly. Around 10 PM, a swift water rescue | was conducted by airboat to rescue two | people whose car was stranded in the | floodwaters along Hunter Rd. The people were | rescued from the roof of their car. Hunter | Rd has been closed due to impassable | flooding.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindHollister-Numerous trees were blown down across the county.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindHollister-A shed was destroyed with damage to a dog kennel and trampoline on Red Oak Lane in Hollister. Four cows under a tree were killed from debris or lightning.
February 2014HailHollister-Nickel size hail was observed on Red Oak Lane.
July 2012HailHollister-Quarter size hail was reported.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHollister-Trees were blown down at 259 Chesser Road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHollister-Trees and power lines were blown down across Hollister. The time of damage was based no radar imagery.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHollister-Clay Electric Utility reported several power lines blown down near Hollister.
July 2008Heavy RainHollister-A spotter reported heavy rainfall from 3 pm EDT until midnight with a total of around 3 inches.
May 2012HailHollister-no account filed
April 2002HailHollister-no account filed
April 2002HailHollister-no account filed
April 2002HailHollister-no account filed
June 2001HailHollister-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Hunter2.9 miles21
Mannville2.9 miles21
Interlachen4.1 miles24
Keuka5.4 miles24
Francis5.7 miles17
Cooper L Hills Estates5.7 miles21
Carraway6.1 miles21
Springside6.4 miles17

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 HollisterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5881620The 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 305824. 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.