BlockWilliamsburg, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fargo census division. The Survey maps it on the Colon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Colon quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Colon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Williamsburg between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,442 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | GA-3 HARPERS HAMMOCK |
| 19 August 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | JAYBIRD |
| 18 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 1994 | Natural | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | GA-22 (MIXONS FERRY RD.) |
| 7 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | GA-23 (STEEDLY RD AND PER. RD) |
| 7 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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.
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 Q65052714 | 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 326592. 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.