Winterville, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Winterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30683. The Survey maps it on the Athens East quadrangle. 1,201 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 801 feet above sea level.
On record in Winterville
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 1 record
- Winterville Historic Districtlisted 2001
Population over time
2 figuresWinterville grew from 1,122 to 1,201 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,122 | |
| 2020 | 1,201 | +79 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Athens East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Athens East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
183 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Winterville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 254 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 24 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 | 102 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-OGLETHORPE-014 |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-OGLETHORPE-010 |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Winterville: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| The Georgia Loan & Trust Co. Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winterville in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Lightning | Winterville | $200,000 | The Clarke County 911 Center reported that lightning set a commercial business on fire on Voyles Road, approximately two miles northwest of Winterville in northeast Clarke county. The business suffered significant damage from the resulting fire. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterville | $15,000 | The Clarke County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees blown down along Lakeview Drive. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterville | $7,000 | The Clarke County 911 Center reported that at least 10 trees and a half-a-dozen power lines were down from northwest of Winterville to south of Athens near the Oconee county line. One tree was down on Simonton Bridge Road, blocking the road. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterville | $2,000 | The public reported that two large trees were down and numerous branches were blown down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterville | $1,000 | Photo of a large tree down in the roadway along Main St in Winterville, GA. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterville | $1,000 | The Clarke County 911 Center reported a large tree blown down near Hull Road and Harve Mathis Road. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterville | $500 | Thunderstorm winds damaged two barns and a porch along Dawson Street. Small hail was reported as well. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterville | - | Numerous reports of trees and powerlines down on roads and houses in the Winterville area. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Winterville | - | A report of quarter size hail in Winterville was received over social media. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Winterville | - | The public observed penny-sized hail. It was reported to be accumulating on the ground south of Winterville. One large tree was also blown down in Winterville. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winterville | - | The Clarke county Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down on power lines. A storm spotter for the National Weather Service also reported large limbs down in the Oconee Heights area northwest of Athens. |
| June 2001 | Flood | Winterville | - | The public reported minor street flooding. Up to 1.25 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Hills | 0.3 miles | 13 | |
| West Winter | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Overlook Lake | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Windfall Heights | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Weatherly Woods | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeside Hills | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Shoal Creek | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Eastmeadow | 2.8 miles | 13 |
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 Winterville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2784729 | 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 356645. 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.







