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Amsterdam, Idaho

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hollister census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83301. The Survey maps it on the Hollister quadrangle. It stands 4,685 feet above sea level.

Amsterdam within Twin Falls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Amsterdam between 1992 and 2018, burning about 440 acres in total. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHWY 93 MM 19
19 September 2008Natural4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictNAT SOO PAH
12 September 2001Naturalunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictNATSOOPAH
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictROGERSON
4 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictRURAL ASSIST 12
31 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictNATSOOPAH2
3 August 2000Natural133 acresTwin Falls DistrictHOLLISTER
2 August 2003Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictHWY93 MM21

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twin Falls County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Amsterdam: 7 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Pumice, Perlite. 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
Ora Jones Farm Pumicite DepositGeothermal, Pumice, PerliteProspectPumice
Unnamed LocationPumiceProspect
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Goat SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Ora Jones Thermal WellGeothermalProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Twin Falls County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amsterdam in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 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 2023HailAmsterdam-A trained spotter reported lots of lightning and large hail near Kimberly, ID.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindAmsterdam-A trained spotter measured severe outflow wind gusts.
July 2008HailAmsterdam-Two trained spotters near Hollister reported heavy rain with penny sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Twin Falls 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
Hollister4.0 miles7
Rogerson5.4 miles7
Berger12.0 miles7
Rock House Place13.4 miles7
Vosburg Place14.3 miles7
Godwin15.0 miles9
Threemile Crossing15.2 miles7
Knull16.0 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AmsterdamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q117025167The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396039. 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.