Williamsburg, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wayan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83127. It stands on Lander Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wayan East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Williamsburg within Caribou County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1915 USGS Lanes Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Wayan East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Williamsburg (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,565 acres in total. 14 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
Natural	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
2 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	BRUSH CREEK
6 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	BRIDGE CREEK
20 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	JACKNIFE
2 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	CORRAILSEN
18 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	not named
17 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	LANES
15 August 1994	Natural	2,000 acres	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	BROWN CANYON
13 August 2017	Natural	under an acre	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	BRUSH CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caribou County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Williamsburg (historical): 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Occurrence
Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Unknown
Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, General	Occurrence
Rainey Creek Road	Limestone, General	Unknown
Webster Range	Limestone, General	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Caribou 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Old Williamsburg (historical)	4.2 miles	12
Wayan	6.5 miles	11
Freedom	11.7 miles	14
Henry	14.6 miles	13
Conda	20.9 miles	15
Meadowville	22.2 miles	13
Soda Springs	27.2 miles	15
Rose	27.9 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399653. 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.