Victoria, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Victoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36346. The Survey maps it on the Victoria quadrangle. It stands 492 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1948 USGS Brundidge quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Brundidge quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:25000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Victoria between 1994 and 2020, burning about 505 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120927-001 |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.RD.206, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Victoria in 14 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria | $50,000 | A barn was destroyed with its debris blown across County Road 129. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Victoria | $50,000 | Golfball to egg size hail damaged several vehicles and mobile homes. Reported by the Coffee County EMA. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria | $25,000 | Minor residential, vehicle and equipment damage as well as downed trees and power lines just south of Clowers Crossroads. Reported by the Coffee County EMA. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria | $5,000 | A couple of power poles were blown down between County Road 87 and County Road 167 in northern Coffee County. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto power lines near the intersection of Highway 167 and Highway 125. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria | $2,000 | A couple of trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of County Road 209 and County Road 210. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria | $500 | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Highway 167 and Highway 125. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria | - | Several trees were blown down in Coffee County. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria | - | Trees were blown down on CR138. |
| March 2024 | Flash Flood | Victoria | - | County Road 210 approximately 1.2 miles north of Highway 125 was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria | - | Two trees were blown down across County Road 138. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria | - | Four trees were blown down in the northern part of Coffee county. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Victoria | - | Water completely covered a portion of Highway 167. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Victoria | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcus | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lowry Mill | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mixson | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| New Hope | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Jack | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Chestnut Grove | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Clowers Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Shady Grove | 5.3 miles | 8 |
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 Victoria | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058586 | 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 153842. 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.







