Holopaw, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the South and East Osceola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34773. The Survey maps it on the Holopaw quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 26 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
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Holopaw quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Holopaw between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,578 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 32 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 | 32 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DINGO (49) |
| 25 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 1997 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PONDS (06) |
| 26 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.9 acres | Florida Forest Service | RICHMOND FIRE |
| 26 July 1998 | Natural | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holopaw in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 4 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Holopaw | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Holopaw | - | A citizen submitted a picture via Twitter of a funnel cloud which was observed while driving west on U.S. Highway 192 about 3 miles east of Holopaw. |
| November 2014 | Heavy Rain | Holopaw | - | Several rounds of heavy rainfall occurred across Osceola County during the day on the 25th, continuing into the 26th. Two day rainfall totals were 4 to 7 inches, with the highest totals across the Four Corners area, as well as Holopaw and Deer Park. These amounts led to minor flooding of several roadways in the Holopaw area as well as overtopping a bridge near Deer Park. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Holopaw | - | A Skywarn spotter reported quarter sized hail on Mercury Drive in Holopaw. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holopaw | - | A severe thunderstorm blew down several trees and snapped two Australian Pine trees in half near the Holopaw Restaurant. One tree fell onto a car and caused damage. |
| January 2008 | Hail | Holopaw | - | A trained spotter reported half dollar size hail in Holopaw. |
| August 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Holopaw | - | County workers watched an F0 tornado touch down in a wooded area just southwest of Holopaw. No other damage was noted. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Holopaw | - | An F0 tornado touched down briefly blowing over a few landscape trees in the community of Harmony. The event was witnessed by local residents. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holopaw | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damaged two mobile homes and bent a flagpole. |
| March 2001 | Hail | Holopaw | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Holopaw | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Deer Park | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Grove | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| New Eden | 11.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ashton | 11.7 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Cloud | 13.4 miles | 12 | |
| Runnymede | 13.4 miles | 12 | |
| Narcoossee | 14.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 284194. 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.





