Amsterdam, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in West Point Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64723. It lies near Summers Mound. The Survey maps it on the Amoret quadrangle. 218 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 886 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAmsterdam fell from 242 to 218 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 | 242 | |
| 2020 | 218 | -24 (-10%) |
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.
- 1887 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Amoret quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Amsterdam between 1992 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 36 |
| 27 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 39 |
| 18 January 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 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 Amsterdam: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvis Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bates Co #6 Amsterdam Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amsterdam in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Amsterdam | $400,000 | Tornado crossed into Bates county from Linn county Kansas at 1424 CST...2 miles west-southwest of Amsterdam. The F0 tornado caused damage to several buildings in Amsterdam. The tornado then continued northeast over rural areas with damage limited to trees. The tornado then lifted 1 mile northwest of Adrian at 1442 CST. |
| February 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Amsterdam | $50,000 | The supercell thunderstorm which earlier had produced an EF4 tornado in Linn county Kansas, moved east-northeast into Bates county and spawned another tornado, EF1 in intensity, 3 miles east southeast of Amsterdam at 8:27 PM CST and then traveled over rural areas to the northeast, before lifting 3 miles west of Adrian at 8:37 PM CST. Major damage to one residence was noted, along with minor damage to other outbuildings. Trees and power poles were downed as well. |
| February 2007 | Hail | Amsterdam | $12,000 | Several residences and vehicles received damage from the large hail. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Amsterdam | $5,000 | A sheriff's patrol car was damaged by golf ball-size hail. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amsterdam | - | Law Enforcement reported a 60 mph wind gust. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amsterdam | - | Some minor tree damage was reported in Amsterdam as a result of strong winds approaching 60 mph. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amsterdam | - | Thunderstorm winds gusted to an estimated 60 mph. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Amsterdam | - | Several streets were reported flooded. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amsterdam | - | The Bates County sheriff office reported tree limbs down up to 6 inches in diameter in Amsterdown and 5 miles east of Worland. Wind speeds were estimated at 70 MPH by severe weather spotters. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Amsterdam | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Amsterdam | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Amsterdam | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amsterdam | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amsterdam | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Amsterdam | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Amsterdam | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Amsterdam | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Amsterdam | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | 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.
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 Amsterdam | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q959016 | 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 729836. 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.







