Holt, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Holt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31798. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ocilla East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Ocilla East quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
277 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Holt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 854 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 16 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 | 186 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020IRWIN004 |
| 18 September 2006 | 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
24 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holt in 24 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | $25,000 | An oak tree fell and crushed a parked car. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | $10,000 | A tree was blown down on a house on Holt Road. Damage cost was estimated. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | $2,000 | A power line was blown down on Lilac Road. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | $1,000 | Trees were blown on Holt Road. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | $1,000 | Trees were blown on Satilla Road. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Lily Road. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | $1,000 | Trees were blown down on Satilla Road. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | Trees were blown down south of Highway 32. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | Trees were blown down near Holt. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Holt | - | A piece of Bethlehem Church Road was flooded and washed out. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | Trees were blown down on Mcleod Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | A tree was blown down on Bethlehem Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | A tree was blown down on Lax Highway. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | A couple of trees were blown down in the Holt community. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | Multiple trees were blown down throughout the southeast portion of the county. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | A tree was blown down onto Pansey Road. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | A tree was blown down at Satilla Church Road near Lotus Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | A tree was blown down onto Evergreen Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | A tree was blown down onto Daisy Road. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Holt | - | Several roads were flooded and closed in eastern Irwin county due to flooding in the Osierfield area. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Holt | - | Blue Bird Road was flooded and closed. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | A tree was blown down at LAX Highway and Lilac Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | Multiple trees were blown down in the eastern part of Irwin county. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Holt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osierfield | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Ocilla | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Wray | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Lax | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Riverbend | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Mystic | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pinetta | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Irwinville | 12.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332014. 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.




