Holly, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Holly Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48442. It stands on Buckhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fenton quadrangle. 5,997 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 928 feet above sea level.
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On record in Holly
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 3 records
Downtown Holly Commercial Districtlisted 1986
Hirst Hotellisted 1980
Holly Union Depotlisted 2000
Population over time
2 figuresHolly fell from 6,086 to 5,997 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 | 6,086 | |
| 2020 | 5,997 | -89 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1920 USGS Holly quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Holly quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Holly quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Fenton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Holly between 2010 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 798 - 2020 |
| 20 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 662 - 2018 |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GROVELAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000707 - 2018 |
| 20 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 573 - 2019 |
| 15 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 552 - 2019 |
| 7 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 437 - 2019 |
| 17 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 468 - 2020 |
| 5 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 326 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Holly: 10 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Buffalo Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Buffalo Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Denton Plant & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fenton Gravel Co., Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holly Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kurtz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Middleton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| South Flint Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tri-City Aggregates Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
48 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holly in 48 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Holly | 1 killed, $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | 2 hurt, $40,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Holly | $4,000,000 | This is the same tornado that began in Livingston County's Cohoctah Township and eventually tore a path through the City of Fenton in southwestern Genesee County. The tornado exited Genesee County and moved into Oakland County via Grange Hall Road at 1700EST. Of the 30 homes/buildings damaged in Oakland County, two were destroyed. The most significant damage in Oakland County occurred on Holly's north-side along the Grange Hall Road corridor and was rated as EF1 with wind speeds estimated at approximately 100 MPH. The average path width in Oakland County was 150 yards. The tornado ended in Oakland County approximately 3 miles northeast of Holly at 1707EST. |
| September 2000 | Heavy Rain | Holly | $20,000 | Grange Hall and North Holly Roads in Holly were covered with standing water. A canal connecting Simonson and Bush Lakes flooded, covering Thomas Street with water a foot deep. On the north side of Holly, several feet of water covered some yards and entered barns. |
| September 2000 | Lightning | Holly | $15,000 | Lightning struck a tree, which was downed onto a nearby van, destroying it. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Holly | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | $10,000 | Numerous trees and tree limbs reported down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | $6,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | $1,000 | A five inch diameter tree branch fell onto a porch. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Two large trees reported blown down. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | A swath of uprooted trees and downed trees from downtown Holly to Holly Village Mobile Home Park. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Tree reported down on the road. |
| November 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Trees and wires reported down, in addition to some roof damage. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | More than a dozen trees blown down between Holly and the Oakland/Genessee County line. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Multiple trees and power lines reported down in Groveland Township. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Several 10-12 inch diameter tree limbs reported down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Numerous large trees were reported down on the north side of Holly. One of the trees fell onto a pickup truck. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | A trained spotter estimated a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Two trees were blown down. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Two to five inch diameter tree limbs blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Small tree branches were blown down. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | A trained spotter reported several trees down. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | A trained spotter estimated winds at 60 MPH. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Large tree limbs were reported blown down. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Holly | - | A trained weather spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust as well. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Tree limbs were reported blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | The public reported several large trees and limbs down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Trained spotters reported numerous large tree limbs blown down at Dixie HIghway and Grange Hall Road. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | A line of severe thunderstorms developed along a warm front and tracked east across southern Michigan during the afternoon on the 4th. Numerous occurrences of downed powerlines and trees were reported. One man was injured when he was struck by lightning in the Brighton State Park Recreation area. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | A ham radio operater reported 60 mph winds and pea-size hail. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | A large tree was blown over. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| September 1994 | Hail | Holly | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Rose Corners | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Rose Center | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Groveland Corners | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Newark | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Davisburg | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Austin Corners | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Clyde | 7.7 miles | 18 |
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 Holly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3306145 | 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 628441. 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.







