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Holt, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Cloverport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40143. It stands on Holt Bottom. The Survey maps it on the Rome quadrangle. It stands 427 feet above sea level.

Holt within Breckinridge County

On record in Holt

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

18 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Holt between 1999 and 2014, burning about 65 acres 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresHoosier National ForestBAILER FIRE
1 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestWALTRIP
16 April 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestROCKY
12 April 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestSUPERFOOT'S NEIGHBOR
6 March 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution2.1 acresHoosier National ForestROME
14 March 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresHoosier National ForestTOBINSPORT
11 March 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresHoosier National ForestPIRTLE
7 February 2001Debris and open burning12 acresHoosier National ForestTOBINSPORT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Breckinridge County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Holt: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Roadcut ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Breckinridge County

Storms near this place

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holt in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 tornado. 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 2003Tornado (F0)Holt-The tornado occurred in a forested and sparsely populated area near the Ohio River. A few shallow rooted trees were uprooted. Numerous trees were topped and branches were snapped.

Every storm recorded in Breckinridge 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
Addison0.9 miles14
Stephensport2.9 miles14
Sample5.3 miles17
Ammons5.4 miles17
Cloverport6.0 miles14
Union Star7.1 miles17
Mystic7.4 miles17
Manning Crossing7.9 miles17

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 HoltAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690626The 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 512759. 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.