Holt, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Holt City. It lies in ZIP code area 56738. The Survey maps it on the Holt quadrangle. 90 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHolt grew from 88 to 90 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 | 88 | |
| 2020 | 90 | +2 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 9 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.
- 1918 USGS Middle River quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Holt quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Holt between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,435 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge | WEST HOLT |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | 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 Holt: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holt in 25 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 16 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Holt | $15,000 | The tornado tore the doors and part of a roof off a 40x60 foot pole barn and spread debris around a farmstead. The tornado lifted near the Thief River. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | $500 | Tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Holt | - | Trained Spotter reports quarter sized hail in Holt. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Holt | - | Deputy reported large golf-ball sized hail at the intersection of Hwy 59 CR28. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Holt | - | Received a public report of dime to quarter-sized hail. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | Four to 6 inch diameter branches were blown down in a farm yard. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | Downburst winds broke down several large tree branches at a farmstead. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Holt | - | Very heavy rain fell along with dime to quarter sized hail. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Holt | - | The large hail was accompanied by strong winds and heavy rain. |
| August 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Holt | - | The funnel cloud was short-lived. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Holt | - | The hail was accompanied by very strong winds. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | Strong winds toppled trees and power lines. One tree fell on a truck. A pickup camper was also tipped over. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | 13 consecutive power poles were snapped. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holt | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Holt | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Holt | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Holt | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Holt | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Holt | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Holt | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Holt | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Holt | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Holt | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Holt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfolden | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Rosewood | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Middle River | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Viking | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ellerth | 15.7 miles | 10 | |
| Foldahl | 19.2 miles | 9 | |
| Strandquist | 19.2 miles | 10 | |
| Radium | 22.7 miles | 10 |
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 Holt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230629 | 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 645106. 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.







