New Amsterdam, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47110. It lies near Blue Spring Hollow. The Survey maps it on the New Amsterdam quadrangle. 12 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 449 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNew Amsterdam fell from 27 to 12 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 27 | |
| 2020 | 12 | -15 (-56%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS New Amsterdam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS New Amsterdam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of New Amsterdam between 1999 and 2011, burning about 61 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CEMEX FIRE |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 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 New Amsterdam: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battletown Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cape Sandy Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Amsterdam in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | New Amsterdam | $50,000 | There was major roof damage to a barn just south of New Amsterdam. A mobile home in New Amsterdam was tossed about a hundred yards into the Ohio River. Witnesses spotted a tornado before the mobile home was blown away. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Amsterdam | - | There were trees down in downtown New Amsterdam. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Amsterdam | - | Trees were downed. Public estimated an 80 mph wind gust. |
| July 2008 | Hail | New Amsterdam | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | New Amsterdam | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Amsterdam | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley City | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Titus | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Dixie | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Glidas | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Central | 6.2 miles | 21 | |
| Mauckport | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Morvins Landing | 8.5 miles | 21 | |
| White Cloud | 9.1 miles | 22 |
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 New Amsterdam | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1072327 | The 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 440016. 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.







