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Williamsburg, Missouri

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Nine Mile Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63388. The Survey maps it on the Williamsburg quadrangle. It stands 840 feet above sea level.

Williamsburg within Callaway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Williamsburg between 2011 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning1

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
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation189935-01420-07282019-1545
2 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261393-01420-06202020-1219
20 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177545-01420-04202018-1400
2 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation189932-01420-03262019-1529
3 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.3 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177387-01420-02032018-0115

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Callaway County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Williamsburg: 16 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Martinsburg Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blaussett PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Callaway County

Storms near this place

15 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williamsburg in 15 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
April 2000Tornado (F1)Williamsburg$50,000A small tornado struck a farm south of Williamsburg. One barn was completely destroyed as was a grain silo. Three outbuildings were also severely damaged.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg-Several large tree limbs were blown down around town.
May 2017Tornado (EF1)Williamsburg-A weak tornado formed one mile east of Williamsburg, Missouri along Old US 40 at a residence and business where two barns were damaged and another was destroyed. Two vehicles were also flipped at this location. Debris was tossed up to one mile down the tornado's path into the adjacent farm field and tree line. The tornado then crossed County Road 1031, snapping a power pole. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing County Road 1033. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 1.58 miles. Maximum path width was 50 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported with this tornado.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg-Several large trees, the largest was three feet in diameter, were blown over in Williamsburg.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg-Thunderstorm winds blew over a semi on Interstate 70 near mile marker 158. No information on if the driver was injured or not.
March 2010Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg-Sixty nine mile per hour wind gust recorded at a University of Missouri ag site.
April 2001HailWilliamsburg-Hail up to golf ball size was reported in the Williamsburg area. It was reported that the ground was completely covered by the hail.
July 2000Funnel CloudWilliamsburg-The Missouri Highway Patrol reported a funnel cloud near Williamsburg.
April 2015HailWilliamsburg-no account filed
May 2014HailWilliamsburg-no account filed
May 2014HailWilliamsburg-no account filed
June 2011HailWilliamsburg-no account filed
April 2011HailWilliamsburg-no account filed
May 2011HailWilliamsburg-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Callaway 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
Yucatan5.2 miles21
Shamrock5.7 miles16
Bachelor6.3 miles21
Calwood8.0 miles21
Readsville8.0 miles21
Toledo8.3 miles21
Garrett (historical)8.8 miles21
Reform11.5 miles21

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 WilliamsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8021148The 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 729412. 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.