Amity, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Camden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64422. The Survey maps it on the Amity quadrangle. 26 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAmity fell from 54 to 26 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 | 54 | |
| 2020 | 26 | -28 (-52%) |
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.
- 1923 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1983 USGS Amity quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Amity in 2018, burning about 60 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177472-03220-08052018-1516 |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177465-03220-04072018-1326 |
| 30 April 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 28 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177470-03220-04302018-2324 |
| 26 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177469-03220-04262018-1733 |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177468-03220-04242018-1949 |
| 21 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177467-03220-04212018-1629 |
| 26 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177464-03220-02262018-1400 |
| 29 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176024-03220-01292018-1456 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Amity: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | ||
| Everett Q #52 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amity in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 8 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Amity | - | Portions of Highway J were overflowing with water. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amity | - | Several structures were blown down or sustained damage at and around the intersection of HWY 6 and McCartney Road. A barn was destroyed and a couple residences on either side of the intersection sustained some roof damage. Powerlines along hwy 6 were also down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amity | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Amity | - | A brief EF0 tornado touchdown occurred in rural land at 1913 CST. Tree branches were snapped off. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Amity | - | Heavy rains caused a brief evacuation of a trailer park due to rapidly rising waters. Water over Highway EE. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Amity | - | Several roads closed due to high water. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Amity | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Amity | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Amity | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Amity | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Amity | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Amity | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Amity | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Amity | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maysville | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Oak | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Wood | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Clarksdale | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Orchid | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Boxford (historical) | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Stewartsville | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Fordham | 9.2 miles | 15 |
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 Amity | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q957954 | 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 729417. 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.







