BlockHolland, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Holland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42164. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Holland quadrangle. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1931 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Holland quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Holland quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Holland in 1999, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 October 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Holland: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holland in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holland | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds tore portions of a roof off a barn and tossed it onto nearby road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holland | - | Trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts in southeastern Allen County. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holland | - | There was a tree down in a yard. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Holland | - | A law enforcement official reported that excessive rainfall and intense rain rates resulted in flooding along KY 100. This high water threatened a home along KY 100 as well. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holland | - | Trees were reported down across southern Allen county. A tree was blocking the road at the 800 block of Holland Rd. A tree also blocked the intersections of Walkers Chapel and Pleasant Ridge Roads, as well as Highland Church and Bandy Roads. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Holland | - | One tree was also blown down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holland | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| October 2011 | Hail | Holland | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Zion | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Forest | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Walnut Hill | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Amos | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Maynard | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Union (historical) | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Forest Springs | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Scottsville | 7.5 miles | 11 |
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 Holland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5880811 | 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 494393. 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.