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Amy, Kansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dighton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67850. The Survey maps it on the Amy quadrangle.

Amy within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

6 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Amy between 2015 and 2018, burning about 128 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresKansas Forest Service12
12 July 2017Naturalunder an acreLane County1136
22 June 2017Natural120 acresLane County967
24 December 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2655
24 November 2018Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresKansas Forest Service2482
23 October 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service2196

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Storms near this place

48 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amy in 48 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 32 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAmy$3,000Five to 10 inch tree limbs down. Several power poles destroyed.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindAmy-Report was from the Kansas State Mesonet of 66 mph.
August 2024HailAmy-Golf ball sized hail was reported by the public.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindAmy-Numerous four inch tree limbs downed.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAmy-Siding damage was done to a barn.
July 2019Tornado (EF0)Amy-This was a landspout tornado.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAmy-Small hail of an undisclosed size also occurred with the high wind.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Amy-This was a brief tornado and had apparently weak ground circulation.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Amy-This landspout was one of the first tornadoes reported during this event. It moved northwest very slowly.
June 2014HailAmy-Winds were also estimated to be 65 MPH.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAmy-There was also hail with the high wind.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAmy-Winds were estimated be from 60 to 80 MPH. From the damage done to trees it seems plausible the gusts were closer to 80 MPH.
October 2008HailAmy-The hail covered the ground and knocked a lot of the leaves off the trees.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindAmy-Parts of the roof on the school was blown off and the debris damaged several vehicles.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindAmy-no account filed
April 2022HailAmy-no account filed
May 2018HailAmy-no account filed
May 2018HailAmy-no account filed
May 2018HailAmy-no account filed
May 2018HailAmy-no account filed
April 2017HailAmy-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindAmy-no account filed
May 2015HailAmy-no account filed
August 2015HailAmy-no account filed
May 2013HailAmy-no account filed
March 2012HailAmy-no account filed
June 2011HailAmy-no account filed
April 2010HailAmy-no account filed
April 2010HailAmy-no account filed
May 2010HailAmy-no account filed
April 2008HailAmy-no account filed
June 2008HailAmy-no account filed
May 2008HailAmy-no account filed
May 2008HailAmy-no account filed
May 2008HailAmy-no account filed
May 2008HailAmy-no account filed
May 2008HailAmy-no account filed
September 2007Thunderstorm WindAmy-no account filed
September 2007Thunderstorm WindAmy-no account filed
September 2007HailAmy-no account filed
May 2004HailAmy-no account filed
April 2003HailAmy-no account filed
June 2001HailAmy-no account filed
September 2001HailAmy-no account filed
May 1998HailAmy-no account filed
July 1997HailAmy-no account filed
May 1996HailAmy-no account filed
September 1996Flash FloodAmy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lane 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
Dighton7.1 miles8
Healy8.2 miles8
Shields12.4 miles8
Alamota15.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 471513. 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.

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.