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Holly, Washington

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bremerton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98380. It stands on Anderson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Holly quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.

Holly within Kitsap County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Holly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony8
Fireworks4
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2007Naturalunder an acreOlympic National Forest600
21 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMIDDLE POINT
15 September 2003Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 1992Smoking2.1 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
13 September 1994Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
11 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersDEWATTO FOREST
10 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWILLBURY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kitsap County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Holly: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Canal Premix Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Graves PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kitsap 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
Nellita3.2 miles17
Hintzville4.6 miles17
Crosby6.2 miles16
Hite Center6.8 miles16
Seabeck9.8 miles16
Wildcat Lake11.7 miles16
Lawters Beach12.7 miles16
Bremerton Junction13.1 miles14

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 Q3473391The 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 1520865. 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.