Williamson, Arizona
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Prescott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86305. The Survey maps it on the Jerome Canyon quadrangle. 6,196 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,052 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresWilliamson grew from 3,776 to 6,196 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 | 3,776 | |
| 2010 | 5,438 | +1,662 (+44%) |
| 2020 | 6,196 | +758 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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.
- 1887 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Iron Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Iron Springs quadrangle1:63360
- 1949 USGS Iron Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Jerome Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Williamson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 23 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 | 35 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Prescott National Forest | GRANITE |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | T.J. |
| 25 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority | 10933 |
| 24 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority | 10903 |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority | NOT NAMED |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority | NOT NAMED |
| 1 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | BOULDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stringfield | 0.9 miles | 26 | |
| Mint | 1.9 miles | 26 | |
| Granite Basin Summer Homes | 5.3 miles | 27 | |
| Chino Valley | 6.6 miles | 29 | |
| Tutt | 7.0 miles | 30 | |
| Granite Siding | 7.0 miles | 30 | |
| Iron Springs | 7.4 miles | 27 | |
| Prieta (historical) | 8.0 miles | 27 |
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 Williamson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q644461 | 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 1875794. 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.












