Holton, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Otter Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47023. It stands on Bear Branch. The Survey maps it on the Holton quadrangle. 417 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 909 feet above sea level.
On record in Holton
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 1 record
- Otter Creek Covered Bridgelisted 2019
Population over time
2 figuresHolton fell from 480 to 417 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 480 | |
| 2020 | 417 | -63 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Holton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Holton in 2011, burning about 288 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | K ROAD FIRE |
| 17 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | NEW MARION FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holton in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 flood. The reports record 3 deaths and 7 injuries. 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 2012 | Tornado (EF3) | Holton | 3 killed, 5 hurt, $275,000 | The tornado touched down approximately one half mile southwest of Holton as an EF0 tornado. The tornado quickly intensified as it approached the southwest corner of Holton, reaching EF1 to EF2 intensity. The path of the tornado moved nearly parallel to the north side of Highway 50 as it moved through Holton. Many of the homes and businesses east of Marion Street were damaged by EF2 intensity winds. The tornado then strengthened to low end EF3 intensity as it moved near the intersection of Highway 50 and Versailles Street. At this point, two fatalities occurred in a mobile home. Six injuries were also reported in the town of Holton. One of the individuals injured died many months later as a result of his injuries, bringing the total number of fatalities from this tornado to 3. This tornado then continued to the northeast from this point at high end EF2, low end EF3 intensity, damaging homes on Sleepy Road and Old Michigan Road. The tornado began to decrease in intensity east of Old Michigan Road and maintained EF1 intensity until it dissipated approximately one mile southeast of Osgood on Finks Road. Several homes and farms had minor damage along the track between Old Michigan Road and the end of the tornado track. Based on the damage surveyed, the maximum wind speed of this tornado was estimated at 145 miles per hour. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F2) | Holton | 2 hurt, $465,000 | A tornado moved along a two mile path from southwest of Holton into town. One house, one mobile home and two small planes were destroyed. Thirty-six other structures sustained major damage. Numerous trees were uprooted along the path of the tornado. |
| November 2017 | Flash Flood | Holton | $25,000 | Rushing water damaged a 2400 foot culvert. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Holton | $15,000 | Numerous roads flooded by heavy rainfall. One road was washed out. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | $12,000 | Eight 24 inch diameter trees were knocked down. A tree fell into a house on County Road 850W. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Holton | $10,000 | A narrow band of heavy rainfall caused flooded roads. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | $5,000 | A barn was blown down on County Road 275W. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | $5,000 | Trees and power lines downed. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | $4,000 | Several six foot diameter trees were knocked down. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | $3,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Holton | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | $2,000 | Large tree limbs were downed. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | $1,000 | A tree was downed. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | $1,000 | A tree was downed along County Road 850 W and Fairground Road. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Holton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Holton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Holton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Flood | Holton | - | High water was reported on U.S. 50 west of Holton. |
| August 2020 | Flood | Holton | - | High water was reported on U.S. 50 near County Road 800 West. |
| August 2020 | Flood | Holton | - | West Versailles Street was closed due to water covering the road. A nearby stream overflowed. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Holton | - | Water was reported over a portion of U.S. 50 near Holton. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Holton | - | U.S. 50 was closed near the Ripley/Jennings County line due to water flowing over the roadway. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | - | Numerous small trees were downed. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Holton | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which flooded roads and caused creeks to overflow their banks. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Holton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dabney | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Jackson | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Otter Village | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Allen Crossing | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| New Marion | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Jolleyville | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Osgood | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Correct | 7.0 miles | 9 |
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 Holton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2548455 | 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 436345. 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.



