Victoria, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Central Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63020. It stands on Cotter Creek. The Survey maps it on the De Soto quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1901 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1901 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1930 USGS De Soto NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS De Soto NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS De Soto NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Festus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
102 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Victoria between 1997 and 2019, burning about 172 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178414-05008-09092018-1315 |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 128390-05007-09122015-1411 |
| 10 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Victoria: 16 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prentiss Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Copper | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Plant 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Plant 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead & Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead + Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Herculaneum Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hunt's Mines | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Victoria in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Victoria | - | Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time over portions of southern Jefferson County. Joachim Creek rose above it's banks in and around Victoria, flooding several secondary roads as well as Highway P. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Victoria | - | Golf ball-size hail was reported at many locations with a 60 mph wind gust reported at Victoria by the county sheriff's department. |
| May 2011 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hematite | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| De Soto | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Briarwood Estates | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Hillsboro | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Donnell | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Olympian Village | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mapaville | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bailey | 6.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 736359. 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.












