Winfield, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Winfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46307. The Survey maps it on the Crown Point quadrangle. 7,181 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWinfield grew from 4,383 to 7,181 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 | 4,383 | |
| 2020 | 7,181 | +2,798 (+64%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Crown Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Crown Point quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Crown Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Winfield between 2001 and 2005, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 May 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 30 May 2005 | Other causes | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Winfield: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winfield in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Lightning | Winfield | $20,000 | A house under construction was struck by lightning. The house suffered fire and water damage. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winfield | - | Photos shared on social media showed one six inch and one four inch diameter tree limb down near East 108th St and Pike Rd in Winfield. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winfield | - | A tree was uprooted near Winfield. |
| January 2020 | Flood | Winfield | - | Flooding was reported on 117th Avenue at Decatur Street. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winfield | - | Two Pine trees were snapped 1 to 2 feet above their base. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winfield | - | A private weather station measured a wind gust to 60 mph. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winfield | - | Multiple trees were uprooted or snapped at the base. Large branches were blown down across a wide area around Winfield and Lakes of the Four Seasons. Winds were estimated around 90 to 100 mph. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Winfield | - | Penny size hail was reported near Interstate 65 and Highway 231. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Winfield | - | Nickel size hail was reported near Interstate 65 and Route 231. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Palmer | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Leroy | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gentle Manor Estates | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wald View | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Shady Lawn | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Crown Point | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Southeast Grove | 5.1 miles | 12 |
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 Winfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q515184 | 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 446178. 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.






