Holland, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lyerly census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30730. It stands on Pond Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rock Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rock Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
389 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 389 fires within 5 miles of Holland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,488 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 195 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 | 195 |
| Debris and open burning | 148 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CHATTOOGA-017 |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CHATTOOGA009 |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CHATTOOGA-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Holland: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culbertson Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Floyd County Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lavender Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holland in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holland | $5,000 | Multiple trees on the roadway near the intersection of hwy 100 and white farm rd. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holland | $1,000 | Report of tree down at Hwy 100 and Holland Chattoogaville Rd. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holland | $500 | The Chattooga county 911 center reported that a few trees were blown down on Georgia Highway 100 at Sprite in the extreme southern part of the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taliaferro (historical) | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Lyerly | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Chattoogaville | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Poetry | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Cheney (historical) | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sprite | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Hill | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Berryton | 6.8 miles | 17 |
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 Holland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19880289 | 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 328195. 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.









