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Amsterdam, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Attapulgus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39815. It stands on Miller Branch. The Survey maps it on the Havana North quadrangle.

Amsterdam within Decatur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Amsterdam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 682 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 31 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 burning123
Arson/incendiarism31
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3

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 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDANNIBELL RD (20) NOV
23 September 2010Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DECATUR-016
22 September 2010Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DECATUR-014
21 September 2010Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DECATUR-011
21 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DECATUR012

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Decatur County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Amsterdam: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Clay. 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
Amsterdam MineClayProducer
Hinson Fla.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Englehart Decatur MineFullers EarthProducer
Havana Clay MineFullers EarthPast Producer
Havana MillFullers EarthPlant
Meigs-Attapulgus-QuincyFullers EarthProducer1895
Milwhite, Inc. - Gadsden County/Us27Fullers EarthUnknownClay
Attapulgus, Ga.Past Producer1895

Every working recorded in Decatur County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amsterdam in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2012Thunderstorm WindAmsterdam$4,000Trees and power lines were blown down on Wautauga Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindAmsterdam$2,000Straight line winds felled several trees and power lines between U.S. Highway 27 and State Highway 262 in southeastern Decatur County.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAmsterdam$1,000Trees were blown down on SR-262.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAmsterdam$1,000A tree was blown down in southeastern Decatur county. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindAmsterdam-Several trees were blown down on the south of Decatur County.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindAmsterdam-A tree was blown down onto Highway 27 near Amsterdam.

Every storm recorded in Decatur 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
Laingkat2.8 miles12
Attapulgus3.0 miles12
Fowlstown7.9 miles11
Otisco8.8 miles12
Climax10.3 miles12
Faceville11.0 miles11
Hannatown12.5 miles13
Bainbridge14.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331039. 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.