BlockVictor, Kansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Blue Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67420. It stands on West Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ash Grove quadrangle. It stands 1,496 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1894 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Ash Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Victor in 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 180 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
19 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Victor in 19 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Victor | $30,000 | This tornado crossed into Mitchell county from Lincoln county. The tornado did hit one farmstead and damaged a few outbuildings, tv antenna and tower, and caused minor damage to the house. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Victor | $25,000 | Over a foot of water covered State Highway 14 south of Beloit. There were several other roads in the area deemed impassible due to the high water. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Victor | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victor | $10,000 | Power poles reported snapped. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Victor | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victor | $1,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in some minor tree damage eight miles east of Victor. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victor | - | A wind gust of 59 MPH was recorded by a mesonet station located 9 miles northeast of Victor. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Victor | - | This tornado was captured by video and photograph by a storm chaser. The tornado was rated an EF-0, moving over an open field with an estimated wind speed of 75 MPH. |
| May 2018 | Heavy Rain | Victor | - | A storm total rainfall amount of 3.28 inches was measured. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victor | - | Gusts of 60 to 65 mph were measured by an anemometer. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victor | - | Wind gusts estimated at 70 mph. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Victor | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Victor | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Victor | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Victor | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Victor | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Victor | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Victor | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Victor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Hill | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hunter | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Tipton | 11.9 miles | 12 | |
| Solomon Rapids | 16.3 miles | 12 | |
| Coursens Grove (historical) | 16.8 miles | 15 | |
| Beloit | 17.2 miles | 13 | |
| Glen Elder | 17.3 miles | 14 | |
| Asherville | 19.6 miles | 15 |
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 Victor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48848587 | 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 484603. 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.