BlockHolders, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30549. It stands on Holders Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pendergrass quadrangle.
On record in Holders
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Holder Plantationlisted 1990 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Pendergrass quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Holders between 1992 and 2017, burning about 260 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JACKSON-005 |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-JACKSON-001 |
| 18 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holders in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holders | $1,000 | Emergency manager reports chicken coup lifted off ground and several trees down. Images sent by EM shows coup was not tied down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pendergrass | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Jefferson | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Dry Pond | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Marcus (historical) | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Thyatira | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Arcade | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Talmo | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Thurmack | 5.7 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568096 | 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 349466. 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.