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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hoquiam, Washington

Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Hoquiam — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Reported cameras nearby

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of 236 Washington cities tracked

0.2%

of Washington’s reported cameras

Live camera map 4 reported cameras around Hoquiam, Washington

Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →

Camera Watch Recently reported near Hoquiam

No new reports near Hoquiam in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:02 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Hoquiam

The readers mapped around Hoquiam break down as 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Apr 2026.

Riverside Avenue — 1 reader
Simpson Avenue — 1 reader
West Emerson Avenue — 1 reader
Pacific Avenue — 1 reader

Hoquiam in the Grays Harbor County picture

Grays Harbor County has 24 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #981 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 76,397 residents and 4,429 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 58.7% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.

What’s watching Hoquiam

These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Hoquiam — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hoquiam (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

What you can do in Hoquiam

Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.

Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.

Cameras near Hoquiam

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).