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Winfield, Missouri

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63389. It lies near Lick Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Winfield quadrangle. 1,518 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 449 feet above sea level.

Winfield within Lincoln County

On record in Winfield

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

Population over time

2 figures

Winfield grew from 1,404 to 1,518 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,404
20201,518+114 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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.

In the county-history sources

1,290 words on this township

History of Lincoln County, Missouri, from the Earliest Time to the Present, published 1888 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Monroe Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Monroe Township - 1,290 words.

Fires near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Winfield between 2011 and 2013, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined3

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
5 February 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 January 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Winfield: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Meyer Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sievers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Glacial Sand & Gravel Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kimaterials Sand & Gravel Pit/PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

28 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winfield in 28 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 15 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Flash FloodWinfield$5,400,000The Winfield Pin Oaks Levee system was breached during the afternoon hours on Sunday, June 2nd. The breach was at least 100 feet wide. The water rose quickly and reached the houses in the area beginning around 6 pm. An estimated 150 homes were affected by the levee breach and 250 people evacuated the area. No deaths or injuries occurred due to this levee breach.
May 2019FloodWinfield$2,000,000Portions of the Winfield Main, Foley and Cap Au Gris levees were overtopped due to the rising waters of the Mississippi River. Between 20 and 30 homes were flooded and portions of Highway 79 were flooded as well.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindWinfield$7,000Several street lights were blown over in town.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWinfield$3,000A large rotten tree was blown down onto the roof of a trailer causing moderate damage.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindWinfield$300The county sheriff reported minor damage to a mobile home southeast Troy and utility poles were blown down near Winfield.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWinfield-Thunderstorm winds snapped off a large tree in town. Also, numerous large tree limbs were blown down.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWinfield-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs around town.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWinfield-Thunderstorm winds blew some shingles off of a couple of roofs. Also, a garage door was pushed in by the thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWinfield-Thunderstorm winds blew some shingles off of a few homes and a large tree was blown down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWinfield-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees on Highway EE, west of Winfield and a large tree onto Old Troy Road in Winfield.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindWinfield-Thunderstorm winds blew a roof covering off the top of Winfield Elementary School, but the winds did not cause any damage to the roof or the rest of the building.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWinfield-Storm spotters reported a large tree and large limbs down.
August 2007FloodWinfield-Heavy rain upstream caused minor flooding on the Mississippi River. At Winfield, the river peaked about 1 foot over flood stage and was still in flood when the month ended.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWinfield-Several large trees were blown down. One of the trees landed on top of an unoccupied car.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWinfield-A couple of trees were down on the west side of Winfield.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindWinfield-Local law enforcement reported numerous large tree limbs and some power lines down across town.
April 2026HailWinfield-no account filed
April 2024HailWinfield-no account filed
April 2020HailWinfield-no account filed
April 2020HailWinfield-no account filed
September 2012HailWinfield-no account filed
April 2011HailWinfield-no account filed
April 2006HailWinfield-no account filed
April 2006HailWinfield-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindWinfield-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindWinfield-no account filed
May 1998HailWinfield-no account filed
June 1996HailWinfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Cap au Gris2.5 miles27
Brevator2.7 miles27
Parkers Park3.3 miles15
Foley3.4 miles15
New Salem (historical)3.4 miles12
Argentville3.4 miles12
Parkers Landing4.2 miles15
Burr Oak (historical)4.5 miles12

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 WinfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2051482The 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 728996. 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.