Winningkoff, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Plano census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75002. It stands on Wilson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wylie quadrangle. It stands 561 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1924 USGS Mc Kinney 4-d quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Wylie quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
147 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Winningkoff between 2005 and 2016, burning about 267 acres in total. 3 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 | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-365 |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARKER RD |
| 6 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-362 |
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0258 |
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-389 |
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-350 |
| 22 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0281 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Winningkoff: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Park | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lucas | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Forest Grove | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Branch | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Seis Lagos | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lowry Crossing | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Culleoka | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Clear Lake | 4.3 miles | 11 |
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 Winningkoff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076617 | 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 1379286. 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.





