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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.

Amana within Iowa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

36 since 2007

Regional 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 May 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iowa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Meekins QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iowa County

Storms near this place

18 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Flash FloodAmana$50,000Heavy 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 2006HailAmana$5,000golfball size hail
August 2006Thunderstorm WindAmana$5,000Law enforcement reported trees down along Avenue T (county highway 20).
April 2006HailSouth Amana$2,000quarter to half dollar size hail.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindAmana$500Branches down
August 2025Thunderstorm WindEast Amana-Personal weather station.
September 2016Flash FloodEast Amana-The emergency manager reported flooding along the Price Creek river for several hours in the Amana Colonies.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEast 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 2006Thunderstorm WindAmana-Several corn fields were flattened to the northwest and north of Amana in Lenox Township.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindSouth Amana-8 inch limb down. Reported by trained storm spotter.
July 2000Flash FloodAmana-Two inches of water covered a portion of Highway 151.
October 2024HailEast Amana-no account filed
July 2020HailEast Amana-no account filed
May 2019HailWest Amana-no account filed
May 2013HailWest Amana-no account filed
April 2008FloodAmana-no account filed
June 1998HailWest Amana-no account filed
May 1997HailWest Amana-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Iowa 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
East Amana1.2 miles14
Middle Amana1.6 miles13
Homestead2.8 miles14
High Amana3.6 miles13
West Amana5.0 miles13
South Amana5.4 miles13
Upper South Amana5.7 miles13
Conroy8.3 miles12

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.