Winterboro, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Sycamore-Winterboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35014. It stands on Greasy Head Branch. The Survey maps it on the Winterboro quadrangle. It stands 509 feet above sea level.
On record in Winterboro
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Winterboro Stagecoach Innlisted 2005 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Talladega SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Winterboro quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Winterboro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
315 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 315 fires within 5 miles of Winterboro between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,880 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 92 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 burning | 131 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 92 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-9 |
| 6 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-17 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190905-14 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Winterboro: 8 past producers, 6 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Talc-Soapstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talladega Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Rumsey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sycamore Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Alpine Mill | Talc-Soapstone | Plant | ||
| Northern Deposit | Talc-Soapstone | Unknown | ||
| Robinson Prospect | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Southern Deposit of Winterboro Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Unknown | ||
| W W Holmes Prospect A | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| W W Holmes Prospect B | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Carlton Limonite Bank | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winterboro in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Winterboro | 1 killed, 1 hurt | National Weather Service Meteorologists surveyed damage in the|town of Winterboro and just to the northeast and determined that|the damage was consistent with a tornado. The tornado touched|down just to the southwest of Winterboro High School, damaging|the football press box and surrounding baseball and softball|fields. The tornado quickly intensified as it reached the Old|Winterboro High School building, lifting a school bus onto the|side of the gymnasium. The gymnasium sustained significant|damage, with walls mostly collapsed on more than one side. Winds|were estimated to be around 120 mph at this location, where|wooden power poles were also snapped. Debris from the collapsed|gymnasium was blown across State Highway 76, and the old school|building also sustained roof damage. The tornado continued to the|northeast, where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted and|homes sustained damage due to falling trees at the intersection|of Highway 76 and 21. As the tornado moved parallel to Bob White|Road, it maintained EF-2 intensity along the roadway and|destroyed a single-wide manufactured home. The debris from the|home was blown westward across Bob White Road. One fatality|occurred at this location. Outside of the peak intensity of the|tornado, some homes and farm outbuildings sustained roof damage|on the far eastern edge of the path on Bob White Road. The|tornado continued northeastward, weakening as it crossed Bullocks|Ferry Road and finally lifting just to the northeast of Whiting|Road and Lawler Circle. The tornado totaled 3.63 miles and had an|estimated width of 500 yards. |
| November 2001 | Tornado (F2) | Winterboro | $230,000 | The same thunderstorm that spawned the Sylacauga tornado produced another tornado in eastern Talladega County. This tornado was also rated an F2 on the Fujita scale and began at 3:59 pm 4 miles southeast of Winterboro in the Talladega National Forest. The tornado tracked northeast across Germany Mountain and ended at 4:09 pm, 1 mile southeast of Waldo. Several homes were damaged on Germany Mountain with one receiving significant damage. At least 6 mobile homes were totally destroyed and several outbuildings and barns were destroyed. Several trees were blown down or snapped off along the path. No injuries were reported. Beg: 33 17.453/86 08.146 End: 33 22.351/86 00.750 |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Winterboro | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterboro | $35,000 | A downburst, with winds estimated around 80 mph, caused the roof of an old radiator shop building to collapse. Several trees in the same area were also blown down. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterboro | $1,000 | Several trees were knocked over near Plantersville. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterboro | - | Trees were downed blocking both lanes of Alabama Highway 21 in Winterboro. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterboro | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed along County Road 21. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterboro | - | Numerous trees uprooted near the town of Winterboro. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterboro | - | Several powerlines were downed in the Alpine Community. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Winterboro | - | Quarter size hail was reported in the Talladega National Forest in eastern Talladega County. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Winterboro | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Winterboro | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rendalia | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Ledbetters | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Abihka (historical) | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Reynolds Mill | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Risers | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Alpine | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Berneys | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Nottingham | 3.1 miles | 22 |
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 Winterboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196671 | 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 129128. 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.










