BlockAmboy, Arkansas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Hill Township. It stands on Shilcotts Bayou. The Survey maps it on the North Little Rock quadrangle.
On record in Amboy
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Amboy Overpasslisted 1995 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS North Little Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS North Little Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS North Little Rock quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS North Little Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS North Little Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS North Little Rock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Amboy between 1998 and 2018, burning about 169 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Amboy: 7 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Products Division | Vermiculite | Producer | ||
| Big Sandy No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Little Rock Plant and Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Arch Street Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Big Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Cabot Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crystal Hl | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Little Rock Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Maumelle | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amboy in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2018: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 dust devil. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amboy | $400,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in northern sections of North Little Rock, from the Amboy and Levy areas eastward to Shady Valley, Indian Hills, and Lakewood. Nine homes and five vehicles were damaged by falling trees. Power outages affected about 6,500 residents.||| |
| August 2011 | Lightning | Amboy | $130,000 | Lightning struck a house on West Dr. in the Amboy neighborhood of North Little Rock, setting it on fire. The house was badly damaged and a car in the garage was destroyed. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amboy | $100,000 | Several large trees were knocked down from the Amboy section of North Little Rock across the Levy area into the Park Hill neighborhood. Two of the trees fell on houses. One tree fell on two cars and knocked down a street light pole. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amboy | $40,000 | Numerous trees were blown down at Fort Roots. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amboy | $30,000 | About 30 trees were blown down in North Little Rock's Burns Park. One of the trees landed on the shed covering the miniature train, which then crashed down on top of the train. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Amboy | $5,000 | Parts of Camp Robinson Rd. in the Levy area of North Little Rock were impassable due to high water. |
| July 2012 | Dust Devil | Amboy | $2,000 | A dust devil damaged a business in the Amboy section of North Little Rock. A metal awning was peeled off and part of the metal roof of a building was peeled back. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amboy | - | A tree was blown down in North Little Rock on Donovan Briley Road. |
| April 2010 | Flash Flood | Amboy | - | The intersection of Percy Machin Dr. and West Pershing Blvd. was flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead Manor | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Foxboro | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Melanie Park | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| North Oaks | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Levy | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Haig | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Crystal Hill | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Tanglewood | 1.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 45854. 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.