Holliday, Kansas
38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Shawnee City. It lies in ZIP code area 66218. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edwardsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 38 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.
- 1890 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 14 printings
- 1934 USGS Bonner Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Bonner Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
136 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Holliday between 2004 and 2020, burning about 146 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2470128 |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2710174 |
| 23 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Johnson County | 2660176 |
| 7 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyandotte County | 732 |
| 3 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 639 |
| 11 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2230130 |
| 9 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 1900109 |
| 5 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1860162 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Holliday: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonner Springs Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bonner Springs-Plant #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Builders #2 Dredge & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Muncie Plant #6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Superior Sand & Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holliday in 21 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 10 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holliday | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds up to 70 mph, caused extensive tree and power line damage. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holliday | - | Estimated 70 mph wind gusts near Interstate 35 and Shawnee Mission Parkway. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holliday | - | A large tree was blown down onto a house. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holliday | - | A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated up to 60 mph in Shawnee. Large trees were reported down. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Holliday | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was observed covering the ground. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holliday | - | A six inch diameter tree limb was broken off a tree. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holliday | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holliday | - | Thunderstorm winds gusted up to an estimated 60 mph. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Holliday | - | The Alert Gage at Woodland Road, reported 2.20 inches of rain over a 32 minute period. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holliday | - | Tree limbs were reported down. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Holliday | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Holliday | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Holliday | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Holliday | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Holliday | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Holliday | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Holliday | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Holliday | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Holliday | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holliday | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holliday | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chouteau | 1.3 miles | 38 | |
| Lake Quivira | 1.7 miles | 38 | |
| Zarah | 2.3 miles | 38 | |
| Wilder | 3.3 miles | 38 | |
| Monticello | 3.3 miles | 26 | |
| Frisbie | 4.5 miles | 36 | |
| Shawnee | 4.7 miles | 37 | |
| Craig | 5.0 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 478878. 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.













