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Williamsburg Estates, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30165. The Survey maps it on the Rock Mountain quadrangle.

Williamsburg Estates within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Williamsburg Estates between 1992 and 2019, burning about 821 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 79 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 burning82
Arson/incendiarism79
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking1

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
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-018
30 September 1997Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FLOYD-007
24 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Natural5.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-030
2 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-FLOYD-013

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Williamsburg Estates: 6 producers, 4 past producers, 2 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Aluminum, Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rome Quarry Fla Rock IndusStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnnamedIronUnknown
Barnsley MinesAluminumPast Producer
Culbertson MineAluminumPast Producer
Berry School Shale PitClayPast Producer
Bickerstaff Clay ProductsClayUnknown
Floyd County MineClayProducer
Lavender Clay PitClayProducer
Lavender PitClayProducer
Martin MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Berryhill0.2 miles17
Rollingwood0.8 miles17
Lakeview1.3 miles17
Beech Creek Homes1.5 miles17
Huffaker1.6 miles18
Garden Lakes1.9 miles18
Rice Springs Estates2.0 miles17
Morningside2.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353940. 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.