Winters, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Winters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79567. The Survey maps it on the Winters quadrangle. 2,345 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,841 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWinters fell from 2,562 to 2,345 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 | 2,562 | |
| 2020 | 2,345 | -217 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1892 USGS Ballinger quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Winters quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Winters between 2011 and 2015, burning about 721 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE STARTED BY TRACTOR |
| 3 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | METCALF RANCH |
| 13 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2025 SANDY RANCH |
| 21 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELM CREEK RESERVOIR FIRE |
| 17 July 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANTILEY RANCH |
| 9 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHEAT FEILD FIRE |
| 26 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHEAT FIELD |
Storms near this place
56 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winters in 56 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 34 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | $15,000,000 | Very high thunderstorm winds along with baseball size hail produced widespread damage across the town of Winters. Numerous windows were broken out by the wind and hail. Numerous trees were also reported blown down by the high winds. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Flash Flood | Winters | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | $50,000 | The Runnels County Sheriff's Office reported that the roof of a mobile home was torn off, a pump house was damaged and trees were downed 5 miles south of Winters. |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Winters | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | $12,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked over a tree onto a Veterinary clinic. Other damage was noted near Elm Lake as well. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Winters | $9,000 | Winters Fire Department performed a high water rescue of a motorist whose vehicle was swept off County Road 300 just northwest of Winters. The fire department also reported numerous flooded roads in and around Winters. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Winters | $9,000 | Runnels and Winters law enforcement officials reported up to a foot of water flooding streets in the town of Winters. Several vehicles stalled out in the flood waters. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced high winds across Winters in northern Runnels County, downing a handful of large trees. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | $5,000 | High winds downed power lines, blew siding off area homes, and knocked small tree limbs off of trees across the community of Winters. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | $1,500 | High winds toppled several large trees and downed power lines. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | $1,000 | High winds downed several large tree limbs |
| May 2025 | Hail | Winters | - | The public reported that there were possibly broken windows from the golf ball size hail in Winters. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | - | There were power poles blown down in Winters due to strong winds. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | - | Law enforcement reported six to seven large trees snapped and uprooted at the Winters Country Club. Also, a roof was damaged at the same location. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | - | The emergency manager reported power lines down at the Spring Market off Main Street. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | - | A trained spotter estimated winds gusting to near 60 mph. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Winters | - | Trained spotter reported pea to nickel size hail on the north side of Winters. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Winters | - | A trained spotter reported quarter to half dollar size hail, approximately 1 mile northwest of Winters. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | - | Law enforcement estimated 60 mph winds. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Winters | - | Pea to golf ball size hail was reported. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | - | A grain warehouse was damaged in Winters by strong thunderstorm winds. A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm winds at 60 mph as it broke some tree limbs near Winters. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | - | Several powerlines and trees were reported down in Winters. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winters | - | Wind gust was from the rear flank downdraft. |
| April 2003 | Flash Flood | Winters | - | Water over the intersections of highway 153 and 83. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Winters | - | Spotter reported a brief tornado just to the north of Winters. The tornado remained over open country just north of Winters.. The damage received at Winters was from high winds and hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Winters | - | Baseball size hail fell in Winters. |
| October 1998 | Hail | Winters | - | Walnut size hail |
| May 2016 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Winters | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Winters | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969524 | 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 1350435. 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.
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.



