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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.

Holopaw within Osceola County

Then and now

1953 to 1979

The 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 sheet of Holopaw, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Holopaw, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

115 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism32
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning12
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
31 August 2014Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDINGO (49)
25 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 1997Natural50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 2006Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePONDS (06)
26 July 2005Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRICHMOND FIRE
26 July 1998Natural60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osceola County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1996Tornado (F0)Holopaw$1,000,000no account filed
July 2017Funnel CloudHolopaw-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 2014Heavy RainHolopaw-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 2011HailHolopaw-A Skywarn spotter reported quarter sized hail on Mercury Drive in Holopaw.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHolopaw-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 2008HailHolopaw-A trained spotter reported half dollar size hail in Holopaw.
August 2006Tornado (F0)Holopaw-County workers watched an F0 tornado touch down in a wooded area just southwest of Holopaw. No other damage was noted.
August 2004Tornado (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 1997Thunderstorm WindHolopaw-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damaged two mobile homes and bent a flagpole.
March 2001HailHolopaw-no account filed
March 2001HailHolopaw-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osceola 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
Harmony5.2 miles13
Deer Park9.9 miles12
Pine Grove10.3 miles12
New Eden11.2 miles12
Ashton11.7 miles13
Saint Cloud13.4 miles12
Runnymede13.4 miles12
Narcoossee14.1 miles12

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.