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Williamsburg, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the East Dougherty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31705. The Survey maps it on the Putney quadrangle.

Williamsburg within Dougherty County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

Fires near this place

397 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 397 fires within 5 miles of Williamsburg between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,180 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 69 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
Debris and open burning163
Railroad operations and maintenance80
Arson/incendiarism69
Equipment and vehicle use34
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1997Debris and open burning1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Debris and open burning16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dougherty County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Williamsburg: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Albany MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Albany MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oxford MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Southern MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dougherty County

Storms near this place

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williamsburg in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2004Tornado (F0)Williamsburg$75,000A weak tornado touched down just east of Williamsburg. Several homes near Gravel Hill Road sustained minor damage. Highway 133 near Pecan City was closed due to downed trees. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
June 2023HailWilliamsburg-A picture of 3.75 inch hail was received with a measuring tape next to a hail stone.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg-A tree was blown down at Radium Springs Road and Putney Ave.
June 2023HailWilliamsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dougherty 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Loretta Heights0.6 miles11
Mockingbird Estates1.1 miles13
Putney1.9 miles11
Hotalihuyana (historical)2.2 miles13
Radium Springs2.2 miles13
Radium Gardens2.4 miles13
Hollands Folly2.5 miles11
Riverdale2.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333434. 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.