Winton, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Somerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35670. It lies near Section Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Mason Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Mason Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Mason Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Mason Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
110 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Winton between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,301 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-41 |
| 28 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | FM 98-7 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winton in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winton | $5,000 | Trees were knocked down on Section Mountain Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winton | $2,000 | A tree was knocked down in front of a vehicle and blocking the road at 5737 East Upper River Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winton | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down and hanging over the roadway at 1039 Charest Road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winton | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down into the roadway at the intersection of Charest road and Section Mountain road. Time was estimated from radar. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winton | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down and blocking the roadway on Sharp Ford Road at this location. Time was estimated by radar. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winton | $200 | A tree was knocked down. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winton | $200 | A tree was knocked down onto the road. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winton | $200 | A large tree was down on East River Road. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Winton | - | Heavy rainfall produced flooding with three to four feet of water covering the road in the 900 block of Lower Dry Creek Road, just west-northwest of Lacey's Spring, Alabama. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echols Crossroads | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Bluff City | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Rocky Point | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Valhermoso Springs | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Somerville | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Union | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Woodland Mills | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Talucah | 4.1 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157274. 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.
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.









