Amana, Iowa
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lenox Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52203. The Survey maps it on the Amana quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1888 USGS Amana quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Amana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Amana quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Fairfax quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Amana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Iowa City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Amana between 2007 and 2020, burning about 421 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Amana: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meekins Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amana in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Amana | $50,000 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of the intersection of Middle and Main in Amana, IA during the late afternoon and evening of June 19. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Amana | $5,000 | golfball size hail |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amana | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down along Avenue T (county highway 20). |
| April 2006 | Hail | South Amana | $2,000 | quarter to half dollar size hail. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amana | $500 | Branches down |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Amana | - | Personal weather station. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | East Amana | - | The emergency manager reported flooding along the Price Creek river for several hours in the Amana Colonies. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Amana | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down a tree up to 1 foot in diameter on Johnson Ave NW near Middle Amana, IA around 530 pm June 23. Some tree branches were also blown down. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amana | - | Several corn fields were flattened to the northwest and north of Amana in Lenox Township. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Amana | - | 8 inch limb down. Reported by trained storm spotter. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Amana | - | Two inches of water covered a portion of Highway 151. |
| October 2024 | Hail | East Amana | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | East Amana | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | West Amana | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | West Amana | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Flood | Amana | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | West Amana | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | West Amana | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Amana | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Middle Amana | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Homestead | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| High Amana | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| West Amana | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| South Amana | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Upper South Amana | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Conroy | 8.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454162. 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.








