Williamsburg, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Truth or Consequences East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87942. It lies near Mud Springs Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Williamsburg quadrangle. 462 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,236 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresWilliamsburg fell from 527 to 462 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 527 | |
| 2010 | 449 | -78 (-15%) |
| 2020 | 462 | +13 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Truth or Consequences quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Williamsburg between 1993 and 2019, burning about 246 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM73 I-25 |
| 10 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MIMS |
| 25 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COOL |
| 12 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | Socorro District | BROWN |
| 7 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MARSH |
| 7 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MESCAL |
| 6 April 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COCKABURR |
| 26 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TURTLE BACK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 54 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Williamsburg: 29 past producers, 12 prospects, 7 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland | Selenium | Prospect | ||
| Barney Iorio Number One | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Black Jack Group | Manganese, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1939, 1942, 1958 | |
| Blue Jacket Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Candy Rock Strip Mine | Gemstone | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dredge Tailings 3 | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Equator and Iron Reef Group | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Forty-One Claim | Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese | Past Producer | 1952 | |
| Illinois Group | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite | Producer | 1918, 1953 | |
| Oakland Vein | Barium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1924, 1926 |
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williamsburg in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Williamsburg | $2,400,000 | There was extensive flash flooding of roads and buildings around Truth or Consequences and Williamsburg. Near-zero visibility was reported in the heavy rain along with pea sized hail. A trained spotter reported 4.10 inches of rain in about one hour. A car was washed off the road. Multiple homes were evacuated around the two towns. The Rio Grande was threatening to exit its banks, therefore causing Elephant Butte Dam having to be closed. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Williamsburg | - | Sierra County dispatch reported flooding across Truth or Consequences, Elephant Butte and Williamsburg. |
| October 2016 | Hail | Williamsburg | - | Quarter size hail in Palomas Canyon. |
| November 2016 | Flash Flood | Williamsburg | - | Highway 187 at mile marker 35 south of Williamsburg was closed due to flash flooding. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truth or Consequences | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Las Palomas | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Elephant Butte | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Elephant Butte Estates | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hot Springs Landing | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rock Canyon | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cuchillo | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Caballo | 9.7 miles | 9 |
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 Q2234407 | 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 899996. 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.




