Winkler, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65559. The Survey maps it on the Seaton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1928 USGS Meramec Spring quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Meramec Spring quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Seaton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Winkler between 1992 and 2020, burning about 483 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220561-08110-07112020-1755 |
| 11 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 May 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 46 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Winkler: 35 past producers, 8 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Copper, Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Mine No. 3 | Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Decamp Mine | Iron, Copper | Past Producer | Limonite, Marcasite | |
| Stimson Mine | Iron, Copper | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| African Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| African Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Benton Creek Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bowman Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Brady Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Brady Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winkler in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winkler | $10,000 | Several large tree limbs were downed and a horse barn had part of the roof peeled back. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Winkler | $5,000 | Golf ball-size hail was reported by the public across extreme southeast Phelps County. Several cars in the area were damaged. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Winkler | - | State Highway 68, just south of State Highway JJ had water over the roadway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria (historical) | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Clinton | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Seaton | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| De Camp (historical) | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Dean Ford | 7.4 miles | 23 | |
| Meramec Springs (historical) | 8.3 miles | 22 | |
| Boys Town of Missouri | 10.9 miles | 22 | |
| Saint James | 11.5 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741365. 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.












