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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.

Winterboro within Talladega County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

315 since 1994

Regional 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 burning131
Arson/incendiarism92
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony20
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural6
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-9
6 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-17
6 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-14

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Talladega ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Rumsey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sycamore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alpine MillTalc-SoapstonePlant
Northern DepositTalc-SoapstoneUnknown
Robinson ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Southern Deposit of Winterboro MineTalc-SoapstoneUnknown
W W Holmes Prospect ATalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
W W Holmes Prospect BTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Carlton Limonite BankIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Talladega County

Storms near this place

12 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025Tornado (EF2)Winterboro1 killed, 1 hurtNational 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 2001Tornado (F2)Winterboro$230,000The 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 2004Tornado (F0)Winterboro$50,000no account filed
October 2007Thunderstorm WindWinterboro$35,000A 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 2000Thunderstorm WindWinterboro$1,000Several trees were knocked over near Plantersville.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWinterboro-Trees were downed blocking both lanes of Alabama Highway 21 in Winterboro.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindWinterboro-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed along County Road 21.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWinterboro-Numerous trees uprooted near the town of Winterboro.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindWinterboro-Several powerlines were downed in the Alpine Community.
December 2005HailWinterboro-Quarter size hail was reported in the Talladega National Forest in eastern Talladega County.
April 2006HailWinterboro-no account filed
April 2006Funnel CloudWinterboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Talladega 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
Rendalia2.1 miles22
Ledbetters2.2 miles22
Abihka (historical)2.4 miles22
Reynolds Mill2.5 miles22
Risers2.9 miles22
Alpine2.9 miles22
Berneys2.9 miles22
Nottingham3.1 miles22

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 WinterboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21196671The 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.