Winthrop, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 71866. The Survey maps it on the Winthrop quadrangle. 116 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 335 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresWinthrop fell from 186 to 116 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 186 | |
| 2010 | 192 | +6 (+3%) |
| 2020 | 116 | -76 (-40%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Winthrop quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Winthrop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Winthrop between 1997 and 2019, burning about 629 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge | POND CREEK WF #1 |
| 27 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Winthrop: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winthrop in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 16 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winthrop | $50,000 | Numerous trees downed. Structural damage to a paper mill. 2 metal buildings were also destroyed. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winthrop | - | Tree downed in Winthrop. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winthrop | - | Reports of numerous trees downed throughout Little River County. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Winthrop | - | Baseball size hail reported in the Winthrop community. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Winthrop | - | Golfball size hail fell in and just northeast of the Winthrop community. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Winthrop | - | Quarter size and slightly larger hail was reported near and south of Winthrop. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winthrop | - | Large limbs were blown down just east of the Winthrop community. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Winthrop | - | A photo was posted to the KSLA-TV Facebook page of hail slightly larger than golfballs that fell in Winthrop. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winthrop | - | Winds downed a few trees in the Winthrop area near Hwy. 234. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winthrop | - | A few trees downed in town. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Winthrop | - | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Hail | Winthrop | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Winthrop | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Winthrop | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Winthrop | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Winthrop | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Winthrop | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Winthrop | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Winthrop | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Winthrop | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Winthrop | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Winthrop | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Winthrop | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Winthrop | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Roads | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Grove | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lippton (historical) | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Jewell | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Morris Ferry (historical) | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Leidygate (historical) | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Billingsleys Corner | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Alleene | 6.6 miles | 10 |
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 Winthrop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79272 | 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 78791. 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.





