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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.

Victoria within Coffee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

74 since 1994

Regional 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120927-001
21 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCO.RD.206, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this place

14 since 2004

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2008Thunderstorm WindVictoria$50,000A barn was destroyed with its debris blown across County Road 129.
March 2005HailVictoria$50,000Golfball to egg size hail damaged several vehicles and mobile homes. Reported by the Coffee County EMA.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindVictoria$25,000Minor 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 2012Thunderstorm WindVictoria$5,000A couple of power poles were blown down between County Road 87 and County Road 167 in northern Coffee County. Monetary damage was estimated.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindVictoria$2,000A tree was blown down onto power lines near the intersection of Highway 167 and Highway 125.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindVictoria$2,000A 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 2014Thunderstorm WindVictoria$500A tree was blown down near the intersection of Highway 167 and Highway 125.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindVictoria-Several trees were blown down in Coffee County.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindVictoria-Trees were blown down on CR138.
March 2024Flash FloodVictoria-County Road 210 approximately 1.2 miles north of Highway 125 was closed due to flooding.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindVictoria-Two trees were blown down across County Road 138.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindVictoria-Four trees were blown down in the northern part of Coffee county.
December 2015Flash FloodVictoria-Water completely covered a portion of Highway 167.
May 2025HailVictoria-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coffee County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Arcus2.3 miles11
Lowry Mill2.4 miles11
Mixson3.4 miles11
New Hope4.1 miles11
Jack4.5 miles8
Chestnut Grove4.8 miles11
Clowers Crossroads4.9 miles11
Shady Grove5.3 miles8

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 VictoriaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058586The 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.