New Amsterdam, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Holland town. It lies in ZIP code area 54636. It stands on New Channel. The Survey maps it on the Holmen quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1930 USGS La Crescent quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS La Crescent quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Holmen quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of New Amsterdam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 200504 |
| 4 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19-0479 |
| 2 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19-0471 |
| 15 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18-0431 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1826 |
| 3 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of New Amsterdam: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Bluff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Black River Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Eichman Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| G Stetzer Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gibbs Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| H Ryder Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| H Ryder Sand & Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Harold Ryder Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| L Lakey Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tank Creek Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Amsterdam in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 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 2020 | Hail | New Amsterdam | $2,100,000 | Hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter fell in New Amsterdam. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Amsterdam | $35,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Lightning | New Amsterdam | $5,000 | Lightning hit a large staple holding the wooden trusses together in the attic of a house. The fire was confined by firefighters to the attic. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Amsterdam | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Amsterdam | $1,500 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Amsterdam | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Heavy Rain | New Amsterdam | - | The COOP observer in the Town of Holland reported 2.17 inches of rain. |
| September 2010 | Flood | New Amsterdam | - | A National Weather Service employee measured 3.28 inches of rain in two hours (2100 CST to 2300 CST) and reported streets flooded in the New Amsterdam area. Water also covered Losey Boulevard between La Crosse and Main Streets in La Crosse and ditches were overflowing into yards along County Road V. |
| August 2012 | Hail | New Amsterdam | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brice Prairie | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Holmen | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Council Bay | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sunset Point (historical) | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeview (historical) | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| French Island Village | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Onalaska | 8.0 miles | 17 |
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 New Amsterdam | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7005328 | 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 1570198. 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.








