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Williamsburg, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Williams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97544. It lies near Bamboo Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Williams 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 Josephine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

262 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Williamsburg (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 980 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use60
Natural42
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Power generation/transmission/distribution21
Other causes16
Smoking15
Recreation and ceremony14
Fireworks14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism4
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitWILLIAMS HWY 12900
8 September 1997Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGrants Pass UnitP.P. F816
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictMARBLE GULCH
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictFIELDS ROAD
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictTHOMPSONCK
5 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrants Pass UnitTETHEROW ROAD
3 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKINCAID RD 1895
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMEADOW VIEW 1201

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 120 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 120 workings within 5 miles of Williamsburg (historical): 60 past producers, 21 prospects, 19 occurrences, 19 producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Chromium. 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
Blue Jay ClaimGold, Silver, Lead, CopperOccurrenceVein
Blue Jay ClaimGold, Silver, Lead, CopperProspect
Bristol QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Chrome ProspectGold, ChromiumPast Producer
Dark CanyonGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, TelluriumProducerPyrite
HumdingerGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Humdinger MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Oregon BeautyIron, GoldOccurrenceGold
Oregon Bonanza MineGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Pyrite
Oregon Bonanza MineGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Josephine 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
Williams2.0 miles16
Murphy8.3 miles17
New Hope10.1 miles17
Fruitdale12.6 miles19
Browntown (historical)13.2 miles16
Grants Pass14.0 miles19
Redwood14.1 miles18
California Bar14.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1135385. 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.