Holton, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66436. It stands on Banner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Holton quadrangle. 3,401 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,093 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 4 records
Holton Bath Houselisted 2009
McFadden Houselisted 2001
State Bank of Holtonlisted 1977- Hotel Josephinelisted 2024
Population over time
2 figuresHolton grew from 3,329 to 3,401 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 | 3,329 | |
| 2020 | 3,401 | +72 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1889 USGS Topeka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Topeka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Holton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Holton between 2006 and 2018, burning about 311 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Horton Agency | HERMESCH |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 53 |
| 7 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 34 |
| 7 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Jackson County | 40 |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 35 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 41 |
| 23 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Jackson County | 41 |
| 20 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 39 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 74 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holton in 74 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 41 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 3 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Lightning | Holton | $75,000 | Lightning struck a watershed district building and showered down fist sized pieces of concrete to the street below. One piece of concrete hit and damaged a car. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Holton | $50,000 | Hail damaged windshields and roofs of some outbuildings. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Holton | $50,000 | Debris field along road indicated water of 10 to 15 inches deep had been flowing over the road. Also, a nearby roadway was washed out. The next day after the water had receded, a man sustained serious but indirect injuries when he drove over a culvert on the road. The culvert collapsed under the weight of the car he was driving. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | $50,000 | High winds damaged a metal shed south of Holton. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | $5,000 | Strong winds blew down tree limbs that damaged power lines. |
| September 1998 | Lightning | Holton | $5,000 | Lightning struck a transformer doing damage to it and causing about an hour long power outage in part of Holton. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Holton | $1,000 | A west-facing sliding glass patio door was broken. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | $1,000 | Strong winds blew over a construction trailer. |
| October 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | - | Gust to 60 mph measured on personal weather station southwest of Holton. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Holton | - | A tornado touched down just north of Holton damaging a well constructed barn. Large portions of the roof were blown off and some of the walls were blown out from winds estimated to be up to 90 mph. The tornado skipped northeast across the county side and produced some tree damage as it moved towards Straight Creek. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | - | Measured on a personal weather station. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | - | Measured on a personal weather station. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | - | Report of 8 to 10 inch tree limb down. |
| October 2021 | Hail | Holton | - | Report of hail slightly less than 1 inch in diameter. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Holton | - | Golf ball sized hail reported. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Holton | - | Golf ball sized hail reported. |
| April 2020 | Flash Flood | Holton | - | Widespread flash flooding, with multiple streets under water. Up to 8 inches deep in spots. Photos via social media. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | - | Tree blown down, size was unknown. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | - | A tree was reported down, the size was unknown. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Holton | - | Several roads remain closed due to flooding. Elk creek from Circleville to the Atchison county line is out of its banks. There are a couple of bridges that were damaged, one of which may fail near Whiting. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Holton | - | Reports of moving water over the roadway near Q4 rd and 254th st. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Holton | - | Truck reported water over the roadway on US75 at mile marker 201. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | - | Tree blown down on car in Holton on highway 16. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Holton | - | Water was reported over Old Highway 75, north of Holton. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Holton | - | Lightning struck and entered the attic of a home in the town of Holton, starting a fire, which was quickly put out by local firefighters. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | - | 4 to 5 inch diameter live tree limbs reported down. Pieces of bark were also strippped from some trees. |
| April 2004 | Flash Flood | Holton | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding. Water was reported over highway 75 south of Holton for a time. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Holton | - | Heavy rains of 6 to 11 inches caused flooding in many areas. Many roads were closed and extensive crop damage occurred. Many small creeks and streams went out of their banks for a time. The heavy rains occurred over a 24 hour period beginning early on the 19th. |
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Holton | - | Runoff from heavy rains flooded several roads north of Holton. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | - | Winds around 60 mph and marble-size hail caused no significant damage. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holton | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Holton | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Circleville | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Carbon (historical) | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Denison | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Mayetta | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Netawaka | 9.5 miles | 17 | |
| Whiting | 10.8 miles | 18 | |
| Soldier | 13.0 miles | 17 |
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 Q2901483 | 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 478194. 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.






