Williamstown, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Parrish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35580. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parrish quadrangle.

Williamstown within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1949 USGS Parrish quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Parrish quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

306 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Williamstown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,749 acres in total. None started naturally. 139 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	139
Debris and open burning	105
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	34
Recreation and ceremony	12
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Smoking	2
Other causes	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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
7 September 2010	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	3.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	1768 NEW PARRISH HWY, AL
6 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190904-5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Gayosa	1.5 miles	17
Parrish	2.1 miles	17
Providence	2.1 miles	17
Pleasant Field	2.5 miles	17
Standard	2.8 miles	17
Bradleytown	2.8 miles	23
Aldridge	3.2 miles	23
America	3.5 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 129041. 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.