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Holly, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Lovelady census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75851. The Survey maps it on the Fodice quadrangle. It stands 279 feet above sea level.

Holly within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Holly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,686 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution32 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 880
6 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 859
6 September 1993Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 390
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 836
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution40 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 842
28 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
25 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMALLEY GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston 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
Smith Grove2.6 miles9
Fodice3.5 miles11
Center Grove3.6 miles9
Lovelady5.7 miles9
Shady Grove7.2 miles11
Plainview7.6 miles11
Lone Pine8.5 miles9
Hopewell9.0 miles10

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 Q14710500The 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 1382015. 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.