Holt, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Franzen town. The Survey maps it on the Rosholt quadrangle. It stands 1,201 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rosholt quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Rosholt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Holt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MISSION LAKE |
| 8 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY I POWERLINE FIRE |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PLOWLINE |
| 5 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | C PULASKI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Holt: 10 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galloway Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Harry Kulas Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Holt Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| John Bushman Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| John Bushman Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| John Meronk Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lorbiecki Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Moss Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Nellesen Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Tushkowski Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galloway | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Bevent | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Shantytown | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Elderon | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Pike Lake | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Little Eau Claire | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ingersoll | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hatley | 11.8 miles | 9 |
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 Q5884506 | 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 1577645. 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.



