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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Amy quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2015Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 12 |
| 12 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Lane County | 1136 |
| 22 June 2017 | Natural | 120 acres | Lane County | 967 |
| 24 December 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2655 |
| 24 November 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2482 |
| 23 October 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2196 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
48 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amy | $3,000 | Five to 10 inch tree limbs down. Several power poles destroyed. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amy | - | Report was from the Kansas State Mesonet of 66 mph. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Amy | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported by the public. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amy | - | Numerous four inch tree limbs downed. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amy | - | Siding damage was done to a barn. |
| July 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Amy | - | This was a landspout tornado. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amy | - | Small hail of an undisclosed size also occurred with the high wind. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Amy | - | This was a brief tornado and had apparently weak ground circulation. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Amy | - | This landspout was one of the first tornadoes reported during this event. It moved northwest very slowly. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Amy | - | Winds were also estimated to be 65 MPH. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amy | - | There was also hail with the high wind. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amy | - | 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 2008 | Hail | Amy | - | The hail covered the ground and knocked a lot of the leaves off the trees. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amy | - | Parts of the roof on the school was blown off and the debris damaged several vehicles. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amy | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amy | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amy | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Amy | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Flash Flood | Amy | - | 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.
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.



