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Williamsburg, New York

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the borough of Brooklyn. It lies in ZIP code area 11211. It stands on Newtown Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brooklyn quadrangle.

Williamsburg within Kings County

Then and now

1889 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Williamsburg, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Williamsburg, surveyed 1889

On record in Williamsburg

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 37 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

1,993 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,993 fires within 5 miles of Williamsburg between 1995 and 2020, burning about 550 acres in total. 121 started naturally. 138 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1323
Arson/incendiarism138
Smoking125
Natural121
Equipment and vehicle use89
Debris and open burning77
Misuse of fire by a minor69
Fireworks24
Recreation and ceremony13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Other causes1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kings County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Williamsburg: 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Molybdenum, Beryllium. 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
49th St & 1st Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
64th St & 10th Ave Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
69th/70th Sts & 2nd Ave DepositIron, Garnet, TitaniumOccurrence
Manhattan Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
N L Industries/ Brooklyn. N.Y.LeadUnknown
Roosevelt Metal/ Brooklyn, N.Y.LeadUnknown
2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite DepositIronOccurrence
55th/56th Sts & 3rd Ave DepositIronOccurrence
D Smith Steel/ Brooklyn, N.Y.IronUnknown

Every working recorded in Kings 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
Greenpoint0.7 miles37
Fort Greene1.6 miles37
Clinton Hill1.8 miles37
Vinegar Hill1.8 miles37
Bedford-Stuyvesant2.2 miles37
Bushwick2.3 miles37
Adelphi2.4 miles37
Brooklyn Heights2.5 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971314. 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.