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East 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.

East 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

40 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of East Amana between 2006 and 2020, burning about 458 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 burning23
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
12 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa 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
3 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 May 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 East Amana: 1 past producer, 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
Crozier QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iowa County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Amana in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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
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.
October 2024HailEast Amana-no account filed
July 2020HailEast 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
Amana1.2 miles14
Middle Amana2.7 miles13
Homestead3.5 miles14
High Amana4.6 miles13
West Amana6.0 miles13
South Amana6.6 miles13
Upper South Amana6.9 miles13
Conroy9.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 456111. 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.