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Winn, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36545. The Survey maps it on the Winn quadrangle.

Winn within Clarke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Winn between 1994 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Smoking2

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
7 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20200928-2
13 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2000Natural60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2000Natural1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarke County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Winn: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
02Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hebron PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clarke County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winn in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
February 2013Tornado (EF1)Winn$10,000This very brief tornado touched down just east of|U.S. Highway 43 north of Jackson near Camp Maubila Road. In this|area the tornado peeled back the roof panels of a metal shed...|snapped several pine trees mid trunk. The tornado paralleled highway|43 for its short life...dissipating in a wooded area just east of|Highway 43.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindWinn$4,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Winn. Marble size hail was also reported.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWinn-Trees blocking both lanes of Wiggins Rd. Time estimated by radar.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindWinn-High winds downed trees along Zimco Road, 1-2 miles north of Winn Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWinn-High winds downed trees and power lines on Bethlehem Road at Winn Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWinn-High winds downed large trees on Highway 43 near Toddtown Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWinn-High winds downed a large tree on the Union United Methodist Church.
November 2019Thunderstorm WindWinn-Several trees were downed near Toddtown.
June 2018Heavy RainWinn-Heavy rain caused a portion of Toddtown road to be washed out.
December 2012Tornado (EF2)Winn-The tornado touched down on Todd Town Road|seven miles north of Jackson. It then moved northeast where|it destroyed a farm out building then crossed Highway 43|approximately six miles southwest of Grove Hill. After it|crossed...the tornado was at its widest and caused extensive|damage to farm equipment...including a destroyed grain bin.|Many large trees were uprooted in this area with minor structural|damage to several homes as well. It continued northeast uprooting|large trees as it crossed Highway 84...two miles southeast of|Grove Hill. The tornado then weakened as the thunderstorm core|collapsed...causing a microburst which resulted in a half mile|wide damage swath on Nettlesboro Road...13 miles northeast of|Grove Hill. The tornado then reformed before exiting northeast|Clarke County...moving into southwest Wilcox County. The tornado|uprooted trees along the way before dissipating 12 miles|southwest of Camden.
January 2010Thunderstorm WindWinn-Two trees blown down briefly blocking U.S. Highway 43 one mile north of County Road 3.

Every storm recorded in Clarke 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
Toddtown3.1 miles8
McVay3.3 miles8
Zimco4.1 miles8
Mays Crossroads5.0 miles8
Clarksville5.5 miles8
Salitpa5.7 miles12
Stave Creek6.7 miles8
Union7.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157271. 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.