Amazonia, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64421. It stands on Hopkins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Amazonia quadrangle. 238 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 833 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAmazonia fell from 312 to 238 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 | 312 | |
| 2020 | 238 | -74 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1924 USGS St. Joseph quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS St. Joseph quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Amazonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Amazonia between 2017 and 2018, burning about 22 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 burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176135-01105-03162018-0200 |
| 12 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Amazonia: 30 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Amazonia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Breit Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| City Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Riverview Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stewart Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amazonia in 17 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Amazonia | $100,000 | Once the Missouri River started flooding on March 9, it remained in flood through the remainder of the month. The gauges in Rulo, Brownville, and St. Joseph all hit preliminary records as a result of this flooding. The flooding was caused by several rounds of heavy snow across the Northern Plains through the winter months, followed by a rapid warm-up and several days of heavy rain. The Missouri River Basin across the Northern Plains flooded with catastrophic consequences as numerous dams and levees failed. As the water flowed into the Missouri River upstream of Andrew County, the river swelled and ultimately overwhelmed the levees along the river. Local fields were submerged, which delayed the growing season in the region. I-29 from St. Joseph northward to the Iowa/Missouri border was closed until mid May. Note: The dollar valued assigned to this event is likely inaccurate as a full tally of the extent of the physical damages is unknown. The Missouri River remained in flood through the rest of the month, into April. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amazonia | $500 | Thunderstorm winds ripped a porch off a house on Route 398 near the Missouri River. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amazonia | - | Downed wires and power outages near Amazonia. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amazonia | - | Multiple reports of downed tree limbs and wires near County Line Road. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Amazonia | - | A construction crane along I-29 near Amazonia started tipping over due to erosion from rapid running water on a nearby creek. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Amazonia | - | After several rounds of rain caused flash flooding water rescues were taking place in and around Amazonia. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amazonia | - | A two inch diameter tree is down near Amazonia. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Amazonia | - | Brief tornado touchdown observed by a trained spotter. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amazonia | - | Emergency management estimated wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Amazonia | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amazonia | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Amazonia | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Amazonia | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Amazonia | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Amazonia | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Amazonia | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Amazonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Nodaway | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Savannah | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Country Club Village | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Avenue City | 7.3 miles | 22 | |
| Kodiak | 8.5 miles | 18 | |
| Nida (historical) | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Fillmore | 10.5 miles | 12 |
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 Amazonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2178535 | 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 730049. 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.








