BlockHolland, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in South Pass precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68372. The Survey maps it on the Firth quadrangle. It stands 1,362 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1897 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Firth quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Holland between 2001 and 2020, burning about 175 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 burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 June 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holland in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holland | - | Personal weather station measured wind gust of 60 mph. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holland | - | A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 63 mph. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Holland | - | Emergency manager reported road closure due to flooding near the intersection of 82nd Street and Stagecoach Road. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Holland | - | Public reported Stagecoach Road just east of S 96th Street was underwater. Photo and info provided via social media. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Holland | - | Average rain of 3 different rain reports sent to us by the public. |
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF2) | Holland | - | This is the second of 5 cyclic tornadoes that a low-topped supercell thunderstorm produced at it tracked southeast through east of the Lincoln area. This tornado touched down around 2 miles east of Hickman and damaged a house in the area, destroyed some farm outbuildings, took the roof off of a barn and also caused tree damage. |
| April 2009 | Hail | 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.
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 Q16892391 | 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 830052. 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.
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.