Williamsburg, Colorado
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81226. It stands on South Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Canon City quadrangle. 731 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,390 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWilliamsburg grew from 662 to 731 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 | 662 | |
| 2020 | 731 | +69 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1889 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1892 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Canon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Pueblo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
374 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 374 fires within 5 miles of Williamsburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 332 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 26 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 24 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Canon City Area Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department (Florence Fire Protection District) | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 48 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Williamsburg: 24 producers, 19 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 plant. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canon City Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite, Siderite | |
| Horse Shoe & El Ploma | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Oak Creek | Feldspar, Mica | Producer | ||
| White King, State Rock | Silica | Producer | ||
| Florence Perlite Mill | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Persolite | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Placer Occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unidentified Placer Occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Chandler Creek | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fremont | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williamsburg in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 3 hail, 1 dust devil. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Dust Devil | Williamsburg | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Williamsburg | - | Hail estimated at 1 to 1.25 inches. Estimated from picture posted on social media. Windows were also broken out. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Williamsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Williamsburg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockvale | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Coal Creek | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Florence | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Chandler (historical) | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Brookside | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Lincoln Park | 4.9 miles | 24 | |
| Prospect Heights | 5.5 miles | 24 | |
| East Canon | 5.9 miles | 24 |
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 Williamsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2425109 | 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 203567. 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.










