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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.

Holliday within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 38 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

136 since 2004

Regional 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/undetermined85
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking5
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2470128
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2710174
23 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreJohnson County2660176
7 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyandotte County732
3 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service639
11 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service2230130
9 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson County1900109
5 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service1860162

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bonner Springs Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bonner Springs-Plant #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Builders #2 Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Muncie Plant #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Superior Sand & Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

21 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHolliday$2,000Thunderstorm winds up to 70 mph, caused extensive tree and power line damage.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHolliday-Estimated 70 mph wind gusts near Interstate 35 and Shawnee Mission Parkway.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHolliday-A large tree was blown down onto a house.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindHolliday-A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated up to 60 mph in Shawnee. Large trees were reported down.
April 2013HailHolliday-Nickel to quarter size hail was observed covering the ground.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHolliday-A six inch diameter tree limb was broken off a tree. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHolliday-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHolliday-Thunderstorm winds gusted up to an estimated 60 mph.
June 2009Heavy RainHolliday-The Alert Gage at Woodland Road, reported 2.20 inches of rain over a 32 minute period.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHolliday-Tree limbs were reported down.
June 2021HailHolliday-no account filed
August 2021HailHolliday-no account filed
April 2014HailHolliday-no account filed
April 2014HailHolliday-no account filed
April 2014HailHolliday-no account filed
May 2009HailHolliday-no account filed
July 2008HailHolliday-no account filed
July 2008HailHolliday-no account filed
July 2008HailHolliday-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHolliday-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHolliday-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Chouteau1.3 miles38
Lake Quivira1.7 miles38
Zarah2.3 miles38
Wilder3.3 miles38
Monticello3.3 miles26
Frisbie4.5 miles36
Shawnee4.7 miles37
Craig5.0 miles26

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.