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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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Holly within Oakland County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Holly 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.

YearPeople Change
20106,086
20205,997-89 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

19 since 2010

Regional 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 use11
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2

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
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 798 - 2020
20 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 662 - 2018
7 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGROVELAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000707 - 2018
20 July 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 573 - 2019
15 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 552 - 2019
7 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 437 - 2019
17 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 468 - 2020
5 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 326 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oakland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Buffalo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Buffalo Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Buffalo Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Denton Plant & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fenton Gravel Co., Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holly Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kurtz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Middleton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South Flint Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tri-City Aggregates Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oakland County

Storms near this place

48 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997Tornado (F1)Holly1 killed, $2,000,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHolly2 hurt, $40,000no account filed
August 2007Tornado (EF1)Holly$4,000,000This 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 2000Heavy RainHolly$20,000Grange 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 2000LightningHolly$15,000Lightning struck a tree, which was downed onto a nearby van, destroying it.
June 1999Flash FloodHolly$15,000no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindHolly$10,000Numerous trees and tree limbs reported down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHolly$6,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHolly$1,000A five inch diameter tree branch fell onto a porch.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHolly-Two large trees reported blown down.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHolly-A swath of uprooted trees and downed trees from downtown Holly to Holly Village Mobile Home Park.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHolly-Tree reported down on the road.
November 2024Thunderstorm WindHolly-Trees and wires reported down, in addition to some roof damage.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHolly-More than a dozen trees blown down between Holly and the Oakland/Genessee County line.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHolly-Multiple trees and power lines reported down in Groveland Township.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindHolly-Several 10-12 inch diameter tree limbs reported down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHolly-Numerous large trees were reported down on the north side of Holly. One of the trees fell onto a pickup truck.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindHolly-A trained spotter estimated a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHolly-Two trees were blown down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHolly-Two to five inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHolly-Small tree branches were blown down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHolly-A trained spotter reported several trees down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHolly-A trained spotter estimated winds at 60 MPH.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHolly-Large tree limbs were reported blown down.
June 2004HailHolly-A trained weather spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust as well.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHolly-Tree limbs were reported blown down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHolly-The public reported several large trees and limbs down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHolly-Trained spotters reported numerous large tree limbs blown down at Dixie HIghway and Grange Hall Road.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHolly-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 1995Thunderstorm WindHolly-A ham radio operater reported 60 mph winds and pea-size hail.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHolly-A large tree was blown over.
April 2014HailHolly-no account filed
April 2013HailHolly-no account filed
May 2010HailHolly-no account filed
April 2008HailHolly-no account filed
August 2008HailHolly-no account filed
July 2008HailHolly-no account filed
March 2006HailHolly-no account filed
June 2004HailHolly-no account filed
June 2004HailHolly-no account filed
July 2003HailHolly-no account filed
June 2000HailHolly-no account filed
May 2000HailHolly-no account filed
July 2000HailHolly-no account filed
April 1998HailHolly-no account filed
April 1998Thunderstorm WindHolly-no account filed
August 1997HailHolly-no account filed
September 1994HailHolly-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oakland 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
Five Points1.8 miles17
Rose Corners4.2 miles13
Rose Center4.2 miles18
Groveland Corners4.6 miles17
Newark4.7 miles14
Davisburg5.3 miles17
Austin Corners6.4 miles17
Clyde7.7 miles18

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 HollyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3306145The 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.