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New Holland, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Gainesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30501. The Survey maps it on the Gainesville quadrangle.

New Holland within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

245 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of New Holland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 351 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 40 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 burning109
Arson/incendiarism40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use23
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Smoking9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural2

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
28 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HALL002
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-010
19 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-006
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of New Holland: 9 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gainesville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
MerkGold, MicaProspectVein
Brenau CollegeGoldProspectVein
Currahee MineGoldProspectVein
DeanGoldProspectVein
JonesGoldPast ProducerVein
Longstreet MineGoldProspectVein
Mammoth MineGoldProspectVein
Maynas MineGoldPast ProducerVein
O'ShieldsGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Hall County

Storms near this place

9 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Holland in 9 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2019Thunderstorm WindNew Holland$50,000The Hall County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto a home on Cloverdale Street causing significant damage to the home. No injuries were reported.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindNew Holland$20,000The Hall County 911 Center reported numerous trees down across the county.
July 2013Flash FloodNew Holland$20,000Hall County officials relayed a report of numerous roads under water in the Gainesville area. A few cars had stalled out in the flood waters covering the roads.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindNew Holland$4,000The local broadcast media reported trees and power lines blown down across the roadway on Highway 129 around South Enota Drive.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindNew Holland$1,000Tree downed along Gillsville Hwy just east of Suggs Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindNew Holland$1,000The Hall County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Athens Street and Highway 365.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Holland-Tree down on Gaines Mill Rd near Shady Lane Drive.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Holland-Public report of a couple of trees down near the 100 block of Spring Street.
April 2017HailNew Holland-The Hall County Emergency Manager reported quarter size hail at the Hall County EOC in Gainesville.

Every storm recorded in Hall 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
Rainbow Village0.8 miles15
Wild Fern1.1 miles15
Morning Side Hills1.1 miles15
Gainesville1.3 miles15
Rabbitown1.3 miles15
Fleetwood1.4 miles15
Camellia Heights1.5 miles15
Gower Springs (historical)1.5 miles15

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 New HollandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14686744The 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 332485. 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.