BlockVictoria Station, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Watkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30677. It stands on Calls Creek. The Survey maps it on the Watkinsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Watkinsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Victoria Station between 1992 and 2018, burning about 237 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 22 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 | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-OCONEE-002 |
| 18 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-OCONEE-003 |
| 6 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Victoria Station in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria Station | $5,000 | Multiple trees down near the intersection of Simonton Bridge Road and Castle Drive, northeast of Watkinsville. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria Station | $3,000 | The public reported trees blown down in the Watkinsville area. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria Station | $2,000 | Tree down on Flat Rock Road, between Greensboro Highway and Maddison Ave. EM reported the tree fell just before strongest storms hit - likely outflow winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Forest | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| The Briars | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hickory Hill | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Britain Estates | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Crossties | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Summit Grove | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Watkinsville | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Woodridge North | 1.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356824. 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.