BlockWilliamsburg, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Arcadia town. It lies in ZIP code area 54747. It lies near Wickham Valley. The Survey maps it on the Independence quadrangle. It stands 761 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1926 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Independence quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Williamsburg (historical) in 2019, burning about 1 acre 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/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019000 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Williamsburg (historical): 20 occurrences, 9 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolstad Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| B Pehler Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| H Halama Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Independence Sand Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Independence Sand Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lewis Valley Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Rotering Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roy Filla Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Schank Sand Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Schank Sand Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New City (historical) | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| North Creek | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Independence | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dewey Corners | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Arcadia | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Russell | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Elk Creek | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Whitehall | 8.5 miles | 12 |
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 (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8021149 | 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 1851206. 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.