Amboy, Washington
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Yacolt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98675. It stands on Chelatchie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Amboy quadrangle. 1,800 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 410 feet above sea level.
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 1 record
Amboy United Brethren Churchlisted 2008
Population over time
3 figuresAmboy fell from 2,085 to 1,800 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,085 | |
| 2010 | 1,608 | -477 (-23%) |
| 2020 | 1,800 | +192 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1941 USGS Yacolt quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Yacolt quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Amboy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 354TH ST |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WIEHL |
| 7 September 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | AMBOY RD |
| 3 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WEST GARNER |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LONG DRIVE |
| 28 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PUP FIRE |
| 24 September 1992 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Amboy: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Colt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Maple Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amboy in 1 storm report in 2021: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amboy | $10,000 | Storm Survey for convective wind damage around 1 pm at Lake Merwin, WA. Somewhat significant tree damage at the Woodland Park area, as well as a fresh large tree, roughly 2 feet, snapped near the Lewis River RV park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yacolt | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Chelatchie | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Fargher Lake | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dayton | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Cedarville | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lucia | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hall | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Moulton | 6.2 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 Amboy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1515830 | 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 1515846. 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.







