Amalga, Utah
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Smithfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84335. The Survey maps it on the Newton quadrangle. 482 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,439 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAmalga fell from 488 to 482 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 | 488 | |
| 2020 | 482 | -6 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1914 USGS Logan quadrangle1:125000
- 1916 USGS Logan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Newton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Logan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Amalga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 696 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives 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 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | CENTERVILLE V |
| 23 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CUTLER PEAK |
| 15 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TRACK |
| 8 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HYDE PARK LANE |
| 7 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MENDANHALL |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | 218 |
| 3 August 2016 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | NEWTON GUN RANGE |
| 21 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FIELD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Amalga: 9 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Highway Dept No 3009 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Trenton Gravel Pit # 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Trenton Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Ut Dept of Highways Pit # 03006 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ut Dept of Hwys Rejected Pit # 03a | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut. Dept of Highways Pit No. 03011 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ut. Dept. of Highways Pit No 03012 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface | |
| Ut. Dept. of Highways Pit No. 03009 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit # 03004 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utah Dept of Highways Pit # 03005 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amalga in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amalga | $60,000 | Thunderstorms along the cold front produced strong winds across the Cache Valley, with a peak recorded gust of 53 mph at the Logan-Cache Airport ASOS. Several damage reports were received across the valley, including nine power poles that were knocked down in Wellsville and two power poles that were knocked over in Amalga. In addition, a 50-foot tree was knocked over and fell onto a mobile home in Smithfield. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Cardon | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Quigley Crossing | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Trenton | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Riverside | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Newton | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Benson | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hyde Park | 5.9 miles | 18 |
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 Amalga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q483374 | 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 1437485. 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.






