Winfield, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Dover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44622. The Survey maps it on the Strasburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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.
- 1914 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Strasburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Strasburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Strasburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Strasburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
20 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Winfield between 2005 and 2019, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5345 |
| 27 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5265 |
| 12 June 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5025 |
| 5 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15173 |
| 20 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 588 shownMuseums hold 588 specimens collected within 10 miles of Winfield between 1851 and 1973: 424 Animalia, 145 Plantae, 16 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A W Cusick, A. Cibula, A. Cobula and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Juncus tenuis Willd. | 1902 | Schaffner, J.H. | Brusk Lake, Champaign co., Ohio |
![]() | Stegocintractia junci (Schwein.) M.Piepenbr. | 1902 | Schaffner, J.H. | Brusk Lake, Champaign co., Ohio |
![]() | Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. | 1936 | Heintzelmann, C.E. | Camp Tuscazoar, Zoarville. |
![]() | Amelanchier arborea (F.Michx.) Fernald | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Anemone canadensis L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Cardamine douglassii Britton | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canae Docus [??] [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover?] |
![]() | Delphinium tricorne Michx. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canal Dover |
![]() | Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Hydrophyllum virginianum L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canoe Down [Canal Dover] |
![]() | Silene virginica L. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Canal Downs [Canal Dover] |
All 588 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 18 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Winfield: 10 producers, 7 past producers, 1 plant. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Coal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kimble Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kimble Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Belden Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Belden Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 8 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Strasburg Brick Mill | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Coxey Plant & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Coxey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dover Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
8 since 2007The National Weather Service names Winfield in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winfield | $100,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down countywide. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winfield | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down along SR 516 in Wayne Twp. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Winfield | $25,000 | Emergency management reported flash flooding on SR 39 just west of Dover. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winfield | $15,000 | Report of wind destroying a barn and outbuildings at a residence. Picture provided allows for estimated wind of 60-70 mph. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winfield | $5,000 | County official reported trees and power lines down and barn roof damage immediately north of Dover. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Winfield | - | One inch hail reported. |
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Winfield | - | A storm survey confirmed a EF0 tornado in the 1400 block off of Gasser Road near Dover, Ohio. The tornado blew apart a 100 year old barn and displaced several items|that were in it. Several large branches from adjacent hardwood trees fell down as well. The tornado lifted up just after it crossed Gasser Road NW. The estimated maximum wind speed was 85 MPH. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winfield | - | There was a social media report of trees and power-lines down in this vicinity. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Columbia | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Parral | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Loudon | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Winklepleck Grove | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Barrs Mills | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Candlelight Villas | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Strasburg | 3.6 miles | 16 |
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 Q21197579 | 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 1061796. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.



























