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South Amana, Iowa

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52334. The Survey maps it on the Middle Amana quadrangle.

South Amana within Iowa County

On record in South Amana

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

20 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of South Amana between 2007 and 2020, burning about 209 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
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
26 April 2018Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.5 acresIowa 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 South Amana: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, 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
Amana Sandstone QuarriesFlagstonePast Producer
Meekins QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Iowa County

Storms near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Amana in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
April 2006HailSouth Amana$2,000quarter to half dollar size hail.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindSouth Amana-8 inch limb down. Reported by trained storm spotter.

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
Upper South Amana0.7 miles13
West Amana2.2 miles13
High Amana2.4 miles13
Conroy3.6 miles12
Middle Amana3.8 miles13
Amana5.4 miles14
Homestead5.4 miles14
Marengo5.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 461756. 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.