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Victory, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bowdon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30108. It stands on Words Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bowdon East quadrangle.

Victory within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

168 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Victory between 1992 and 2020, burning about 519 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 29 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 burning87
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3

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
26 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CARROLL-002
18 August 2019Arson/incendiarism26 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020CARROLL002
5 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Victory: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bonner MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Victory in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Thunderstorm WindVictory$7,000The Carroll County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines blown down along Bethesda Church Road between Roopville and Tyus.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindVictory$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down in the road near the intersection of Bethesda Church Rd and Horton Rd.

Every storm recorded in Carroll 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
Fairview (historical)1.5 miles15
Farmers High1.9 miles15
Joel2.9 miles11
Bowdon2.9 miles16
Tyus3.0 miles11
Mabry (historical)3.5 miles11
Jonesville3.6 miles15
Cedar Valley3.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333331. 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.

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.