Holden, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Fillmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84636. It stands on Wild Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Holden quadrangle. 438 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,102 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHolden grew from 378 to 438 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 | 378 | |
| 2020 | 438 | +60 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1885 USGS Sevier Desert quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Holden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Holden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Delta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Holden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,354 acres in total. 43 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Richfield Field Office | CHURCH |
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HOLDEN DUMP |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Richfield Field Office | HOLDEN OVERPASS |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fishlake National Forest | EAST CHURCH HILLS |
| 29 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Area | FLOW |
| 27 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.5 acres | Richfield Field Office | WIDECANYON |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | 3.4 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MAPLE HOLLOW |
| 2 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CHURCH HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Holden: 16 past producers, 6 producers, 3 occurrences. 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Mtn Nw Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Cedar Mtn Nw Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Church Spring Ditch Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Church Spring Ditch Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Church Spring Wash Gravel Pit No.26 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Church Spring Wosh Gravel Pit No. 26 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Greenwood Gravel Pit No. 9 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Quartzite | |
| Greenwood Gravel Pit No.9 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Holden No. 8 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartzite | |
| Holden No.8 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holden in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Holden | - | Heavy rain south of Scipio caused flash flooding along US-50, temporarily closing the roadway. |
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 Holden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483669 | 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 1428763. 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.






