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Victoria County, Texas

53 topographic sheets cover 24 settlements here, and 113 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

113 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
Victoria County within Texas

What the record shows

  • 196 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 113 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 109 buildings, 1 site, 1 district, 1 object and 1 structure.
  • 3 of the 113 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 24 populated places in this county; 24 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

113

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
C. R. Alden Buildingbuilding198686002533
Frank Alonso Housebuilding198686002585
B'nai Isrealbuilding198686002613
Barden-O'Connor Housebuilding198686002609
W. C. Barnes Housebuilding198686002568
E. H. D. Bendt Housebuilding198686002570
Bernhard Electric Buildingbuilding2024100009882
Max Bettin Housebuilding198686002564
Braman Housebuilding198686002593
Theodore Buhler Housebuilding198686002594
Building at 205 East Constitutionbuilding198686002475
Burrough-Daniel Housebuilding198686002604
Calhoun Bakerybuilding198686002534
Callender Housebuilding197979003019
City of Victoria Pumping Plant-Waterworksbuilding198686002610
Clark Housebuilding198686002507
Robert Clark Housebuilding198686002615
John H. Clegg Housebuilding198686002548
F. H. Crain Housebuilding198686002549
DeLeon Plaza and Bandstandsite198786002584
Diebel-Hyak Housebuilding198686002484
Farmers and Merchants Cotton Gin Warehousebuilding198686002561
Fleming-Welder Housebuilding198686002581
Fossati'sbuilding199191000578
E. J. Fossati Housebuilding198686002563
Jacob Fox Housebuilding198686002596
Gaylord-Levy Housebuilding198686002589
Gervais Housebuilding199090001052
Goldman's Cotton Gin Warehousebuilding198686002606
A. Goldman Buildingbuilding198686002499
Gramann Housebuilding198686002542
George H. Hauschild Buildingbuilding198686002530
George and Adele Hauschild Housebuilding198686002510
Hill-Howard Housebuilding198686002558
Hiller Housebuilding198686002482
Hiller Housebuilding198686002459
House at 1602 North Moodybuilding198686002608
House at 1907 Southwest Ben Jordanbuilding198686002590
House at 304 West Staytonbuilding198686002591
House at 306 East Forrestbuilding198686002557
House at 401 East Staytonbuilding198686002572
House at 402 W. Coloradobuilding199191000576
House at 407 East Conventbuilding198686002583
House at 4402 East Juan Linnbuilding198686002535
House at 604 East Santa Rosabuilding198686002562
House at 702 Siegfriedbuilding198686002577
House at 706 Siegfriedbuilding198686002576
House at 804 Siegfriedbuilding198686002574
Hull Housebuilding198686002543
E. J. Jecker Housebuilding198686002539
J. T. Jecker Housebuilding198786002531
Jordan-Koch Housebuilding198686002579
E. C. Kaufman Housebuilding198686002567
Keef-Filley Buildingbuilding198786002612
Lander-Hopkins Housebuilding198686002600
Lane-Tarkington Housebuilding198686002617
Lawrence Housebuilding198686002588
Jules Leffland Housebuilding199191000577
Levi-Welder Housebuilding198686002614
Little Housebuilding198686002551
Vera Martin-Fiek-Thumford Housebuilding198686002597
McCabe Buildingbuilding198686002464
McCan-Nave Housebuilding198686002555
McDonald Housebuilding198686002460
James McFaddin Housebuilding198786002506
McNamara-O'Conner Housebuilding198686002509
Guy Mitchell Housebuilding198686002541
Moeller Housebuilding198686002559
Mohris-Abschier Housebuilding198686002580
Mrs. J. V. Murphy Housebuilding198686002554
Royston Nave Memorialbuilding198686002502
Thomas M. O'Connor Housebuilding198686002587
O'Connor-Proctor Buildingbuilding198686002546
Old Brownson Schoolbuilding198686002598
Old Federal Building and Post Officebuilding198686002493
Old Municipal Assembly Hallbuilding198686002603
Old Nazareth Academybuilding198686002462
Old Victoria County Courthousebuilding197777001479
Our Lady of Lourdes Churchbuilding198686002601
Pela Housebuilding198686002552
Judge Alexander H. Phillips Housebuilding198383003824
Pickering Housebuilding198686002553
Pippert Housebuilding198686002578
Presbyterian Iglesia Niceabuilding199286002571
Proctor Housebuilding198686002544
Proctor-Vandenberge Housebuilding198686002575
Randall Buildingbuilding198686002560
D. H. Regan Housebuilding198686002565
Roselle-Smith Housebuilding199090001050
Saint Mary's Catholic Churchbuilding198686002450
Schroeder Housebuilding198686002545
Schummacker Company Buildingbuilding198686002602
Alphonse T. Sengele Housebuilding199286002538
Henry Shrader Housebuilding198686002483
Sigmund Housebuilding198686002566
South Bridge Street Historic Districtdistrict198686002592
Stuart Housebuilding198686002586
Tasin Housebuilding198686002536
Texas Company Filling Stationbuilding198686002595
Townsend-Wilkins Housebuilding198686002605
Trinity Lutheran Churchbuilding198686002486
Fred Urban Housebuilding199286002556
J. V. Vandenberge Housebuilding198686002550
Victoria Colored Schoolbuilding198686002582
Victoria County Monumentobject2018100002760
Victoria Grist Windmillstructure197676002079
Weber-Schuchert Housebuilding198686002490
Webster Chapel United Methodist Churchbuilding198686002478
Robert H. Welder Housebuilding199986003843
William Wheeler Housebuilding198686002599
B. F. Williams Housebuilding198686002607
Woodhouse Housebuilding198686002481
Herman and Alvina Zahn Housebuilding198686002573

Photographs from libraries nationwide

2 of 12 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 12 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Flag of Victoria County, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Flag of Victoria County, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Airport obstruction chart, OC 438, Victoria Regional Airport, Victoria, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Airport obstruction chart, OC 438, Victoria Regional Airport, Victoria, Texas. United States. National Ocean Service, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

44 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 2,933 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 44 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-10-21, scale 1:37400
1952-10-21, scale 1:37400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-16, scale 1:69000
1953-04-16, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-16, scale 1:69000
1953-04-16, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-01, scale 1:21000
1959-10-01, scale 1:21000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-01, scale 1:21000
1959-10-01, scale 1:21000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-01, scale 1:21000
1959-10-01, scale 1:21000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-01, scale 1:21000
1959-10-01, scale 1:21000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-03, scale 1:16800
1961-10-03, scale 1:16800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-03, scale 1:16800
1961-10-03, scale 1:16800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-03, scale 1:16800
1961-10-03, scale 1:16800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-03, scale 1:16800
1961-10-03, scale 1:16800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-06, scale 1:22400
1962-02-06, scale 1:22400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-06, scale 1:22400
1962-02-06, scale 1:22400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-06, scale 1:22400
1962-02-06, scale 1:22400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-06, scale 1:22400
1962-02-06, scale 1:22400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-18, scale 1:15400
1964-02-18, scale 1:15400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-18, scale 1:15400
1964-02-18, scale 1:15400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-18, scale 1:15400
1964-02-18, scale 1:15400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-18, scale 1:15400
1964-02-18, scale 1:15400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-11-03, scale 1:122210
1970-11-03, scale 1:122210. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-11-03, scale 1:122210
1970-11-03, scale 1:122210. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-11-03, scale 1:121363
1970-11-03, scale 1:121363. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-11-03, scale 1:121363
1970-11-03, scale 1:121363. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-09-29, scale 1:20766
1971-09-29, scale 1:20766. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-09-29, scale 1:20766
1971-09-29, scale 1:20766. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-09-29, scale 1:20766
1971-09-29, scale 1:20766. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-09-29, scale 1:21966
1971-09-29, scale 1:21966. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-22, scale 1:60248
1972-01-22, scale 1:60248. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-22, scale 1:60248
1972-01-22, scale 1:60248. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-22, scale 1:62814
1972-01-22, scale 1:62814. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-22, scale 1:62814
1972-01-22, scale 1:62814. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-12-05, scale 1:80000
1978-12-05, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-01-21, scale 1:80000
1979-01-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-01-21, scale 1:80000
1979-01-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-01-21, scale 1:80000
1979-01-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-01-21, scale 1:80000
1979-01-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-10, scale 1:65000
1989-12-10, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-10, scale 1:65000
1989-12-10, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-10, scale 1:65000
1989-12-10, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-10, scale 1:65000
1989-12-10, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1991-02-01, scale 1:25000
1991-02-01, scale 1:25000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1991-02-01, scale 1:25000
1991-02-01, scale 1:25000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1991-02-01, scale 1:25000
1991-02-01, scale 1:25000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1991-02-01, scale 1:25000
1991-02-01, scale 1:25000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

51 stations, 6 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

39 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 235-1Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city: Victoria city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Constitution, Ward line, Constitution; City limits; City limits, Water; Cameron
  • 235-2Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 1, excluding Denver Hotel Bounded by Constitution; Cameron; Convent; Main
  • 235-3Denver Hotel (In Victoria city, Ward 1 in Justice Precinct 1)
  • 235-4Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Convent; Cameron, Water, City limits; Third; Main
  • 235-5Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Third; City limits; City limits; City limits, Ward line, Main
  • 235-6Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 2, excluding Nazareth Convent Bounded by Constitution; Main, Ward line; City limits; State Highway 12, Moody
  • 235-7Nazareth Convent (In Victoria city, Ward 2)
  • 235-8Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Constitution; Moody, State Highway 12; City limits; City limits
  • 235-9Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; Main; San Antonio; Vine
  • 235-10Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; Vine, San Antonio, Craig; Commercial; City limits
  • 235-11Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by San Antonio, Vine, San Antonio; Main; Commercial; Craig
  • 235-12Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Commercial; Main; Constitution; City limits
  • 235-13Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by North; Ward line, City Limits; City limits, Brownson, Goodwin Ave.; Calhoun
  • 235-14Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by North Calhoun, Goodwin Ave., Brownson, City limits; Constitution, Ward line, Constitution; East, Southern Pacific Railroad
  • 235-15Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by North; Southern Pacific Railroad, East; Ward line, Constitution; Wheeler
  • 235-16Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by North; Wheeler; Constitution; Main
  • 235-17Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Red River; Depot, Virginia Ave., East
  • 235-18Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by City limits; East, Virginia Ave., Depot; Red River; City limits
  • 235-19Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Red River; Cameron; Colorado; Main
  • 235-20Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Red River; City limits; Colorado; Cameron
  • 235-21Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Colorado; City limits; Rio Grande Blvd.; Cameron
  • 235-22Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Colorado; Cameron; Rio Grande Blvd.; Main
  • 235-23Justice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Rio Grande Blvd.; East; North; Main
  • 235-24BJustice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by City limits; City limits; City limits; Ward line, North, Old city limits, Lone Tree Rd., Old city limits, Laurent
  • 235-24AJustice Precinct 1: Victoria city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Rio Grande Blvd., City limits, Laurent, Old city limits; Old city limits, Lone Tree Rd., Old city limits; North; East
  • 235-25Justice Precinct 1: Ferguson, unincorporated Bounded by Victoria city limits; U.S. Highway 87, Unnamed rd.; U.S. Highway 87 (Port Lavaca Drive), Unnamed rd., Unnamed rd., Unnamed rd., Bloomington Rd., Peachtree St.; Guadalupe River
  • 235-26Justice Precinct 1 - That part north of Wood School - Guadalupe Rd., and east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Victoria city and the unincorporated place of Ferguson (See separate map for boundaries of Ferguson)
  • 235-27Justice Precinct 1 - That part southwest of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, north of St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway and northeast ofSt. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway, outside the unincorporated place of Ferguson (See separate map for boundaries of Ferguson)
  • 235-28Justice Precinct 1 - That part southwest of St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway outside the unincorporated place of Ferguson (See separate map for boundaries of Ferguson)
  • 235-29Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway southwest of Texas and New Orleans Railroad and east of St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway
  • 235-30Justice Precinct 1 - That part southeast of Guadalupe - Wood School Rd. and northeast of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 235-31Justice Precinct 2: Justice Precinct 2 - That part northeast of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 235-32Justice Precinct 2 - That part southwest of Texas and New Orleans Railroad and northeast of Guadalupe River
  • 235-33Justice Precinct 2 - That part southwest of Guadalupe River
  • 235-34Justice Precinct 3: Justice Precinct 3 - That part east of U.S. Highway 77
  • 235-35Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of U.S. Highway 77
  • 235-36Justice Precinct 4: Justice Precinct 4 - That part northwest of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 235-37Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of Texas and New Orleans Railroad and north of Macado Creek
  • 235-38Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of Macado Creek

Wildfire, 2003 to 2020

1,237 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,237 of them, burning about 16,434 acres. 12 started naturally and 5 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined500
Debris and open burning449
Equipment and vehicle use141
Power generation/transmission/distribution61
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Smoking21
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism5

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use1,143 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSALEM RD
28 March 2009Recreation and ceremony1,000 acresTexas A & M Forest Service803282
29 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined800 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNURSERY ROAD
3 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined700 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY. 59 @,FM 1686
26 December 2005Smoking500 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 January 2009Equipment and vehicle use500 acresTexas A & M Forest Service90120
8 February 2008Debris and open burning500 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 December 2007Debris and open burning500 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1954 to 2026

60 of 376 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 376 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 6 injuries and about $24,162,250 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind137
Hail105
Flash Flood66
Tornado38
Heavy Rain10
Funnel Cloud8
Lightning6
Flood6

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2021FloodSalem1 killed, 1 hurtTwo individuals were kayaking in a drainage creek that flows to Leona Creek. Around the time of heavy rain in Victoria County, both individuals were taken downstream into a pipe culvert by the force of the flowing water. The force of the rushing water pushed one individual through the pipe and other was lodged within the pipe. The individual lodged in the pipe was transported to a local hospital where they later died.
November 1968Tornado (F3)not stated2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
March 1984Tornado (F0)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
September 1967Tornadonot stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
October 1954Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
August 2017FloodMission Vly$20,000,000Major flooding occurred along the Guadalupe River in the Victoria area due to heavy rainfall from Hurricane Harvey. At least 100 homes were flooded in Victoria in the Green's Addition area. Fox, Smith, Pozzi, Fordyce, Parsifal, Lower Mission Valley, and Old River Roads were inundated. Guadalupe River at Victoria crested at 31.25 feet at 12:30 AM CDT August 31st. The major flood wave continued into first few days of September.
July 2007Flash FloodVictoria$1,000,000Widespread flash flooding occurred across much of Victoria county during the early morning. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain fell across the southern half of the county and between 4 and 8 inches fell across the northern half of the county, with isolated amounts between 8 and 11 inches. Flooding was reported at Benbow Road and Garcitas Creek and at U.S. 77 at Garcitas Creek, numerous roads throughout the city of Victoria and several Farm to Market Roads in the northern half of the county. U.S. 77 was closed from the north side of the city of Victoria to the Lavaca/De Witt/Victoria county line due to flooding at the county line and at least one vehicle was completely submereged in a high water crossing along U.S. 77. In Nursery, widespread flash flooding of creeks resulted in 25 homes with water in them as well as cars reported underwater. Up to 10 homes in the Tropical Acres subdivision of Victoria had water in them due to flash flooding of Spring Creek. Flooding of 3 homes along Benbow Road near Garcitas Creek also occured. Several evacuations of families were needed.
November 2004Flash FloodCountywide$706,000See episode narrative below for additional details and rainfall totals.
May 2010Flash FloodMission Vly$700,000Street flooding in the city of Victoria was widespread, as approximately 8 inches fell over parts of Victoria over 24hrs, including approximately 4.5 inches within a 2 hour span. This led to widespread flooding over approximately 25-35% of the citys streets, and an unknown but significant number of county roads. All told, approximately 160+ residences were flooded (almost all to a minimal degree). Additionally, a number of dwellings and vehicles suffered minor damage from falling trees or limbs. However, due to the rapidity in which most of the flood waters receded, Victoria was spared catastrophic loss to residential and business infrastructure. There was damage sustained to governmental infrastructure: Damage was done to the Victoria County Sheriffs Office Communications Center when rainwater inundated a portion of the first floor. Damage was sustained to multiple City and County vehicles. A water-main was damaged and required expedient repair. A storm-water/drainage outfall was damaged by floodwater and will require repair.
May 1982Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
September 2020Flash FloodInez$100,000Miller Field for baseball in Inez near Highway 59 and Farm to Market Road 444 was flooded with a foot of water. There were 5 residents cutoff from emergency services in their homes due to flood waters in Inez. Water was flowing over the roadway on Keeran Road at Farm to Market Road 444. A bridge on Ocelot Road in Inez was damaged.
September 2020FloodInez$100,000Flood waters from rainfall up to 10 inches overnight were slow to recede in the Inez area. Up to a foot of water flooded baseball fields in Inez.
May 2014Flash FloodMission Vly$100,000Numerous roadways and subdivisions were flooded from near the community of Nursery to the northern portions of the city of Victoria. Water was as deep as a foot to a foot and a half in these areas. A few of the roads were closed between Victoria and Nursery for a couple of hours. Several cars were stranded in high water in Victoria.
January 2011Thunderstorm WindBloomington$100,000Carport roof blown off of a home. Roof partially caved in and windown blown out of another home. A power pole was blown down. A shed was blown into a nearby house and street. Winds of 70 mph were estimated by a NWS storm survey team.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindVictoria Ball Arpt$50,000KAVU-TV reported strong downburst winds produced roof damage to an apartment complex on the north side of Victoria. Some trees were also blown down.
January 2011Thunderstorm WindPlacedo$50,000Portion of a roof were blown off house and barn onto Highway 87 just south of FM 616. Winds of 70 mph estimated by NWS storm survey team.
April 1994HailMission Valley$50,000At 2005 CST the public reported golf ball-sized hail around Mission Valley. This report was later confirmed by Civil Air Patrol personnel at 2010 CST as well.
April 1994HailMission Valley$50,000At 2005 CST the public reported golf ball-sized hail around Mission Valley. This report was later confirmed by Civil Air Patrol personnel at 2010 CST as well.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindVictoria$50,000Several trees were reported blown down near Russel and Haynes roads in the City. After the first report of damage three other reported of trees damage were made from within the City. The Sheriff's Office reported power lines down on the Upper Mission Valley road.
May 2021Flash FloodBloomington$30,000State Highway 185 was closed due to flooding in Bloomington with cars stalled from 3rd to 8th Streets.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindDernal$30,000Several power poles were blown down between Victoria and Bloomington.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindNursery$25,000Thunderstorm winds produced damage to some homes and outbuildings.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindVictoria$25,000Victoria County Sheriff's Office reported wind gusts estimated to around 60 mph in downtown Victoria. Trees and street signs were blown down.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindInez$25,000NWS storm survey determined straight-line winds around 60 mph struck a small community in rural eastern Victoria County 10 to 15 miles south of Inez. One barn was destroyed and part of the roof was removed from an adjacent barn. Local corn crops were damaged also.
January 2011Thunderstorm WindPlacedo$25,000Guardrail damage occurred to bridge at Placedo. Power lines and street signs were down in the area.
November 2004Tornado (F1)Dacosta$25,000A NWS survey concluded an HP supercell produced a tornado in the Hidden Valley subdivision, just west of Docasta and approximately 6 miles southeast of Victoria. The tornado damaged several homes and destoyed two sheds. Debris from the subdivision was blown about one mile downwind.
March 1983Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 1980Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1976Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1962Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 2012Thunderstorm Wind(Vct)Victoria Rgnl A$20,000Victoria Police Department reported downed power lines and tree limbs in the city.
August 2011LightningVictoria$20,000Lightning caused two separate house fires in Victoria. The lightning blew out electrical panels and the fires damaged structures.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindVictoria$10,000A power pole was blown down along with power lines down on East Virginia Street in Victoria.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMission Vly$10,000Carport was lifted and flipped on to nearby structures.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindAloe$10,000Shingles were blown off of homes near Mission Valley.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindAloe$10,000Trees were blown down along with power lines on Refugio Highway on the southwest side of Victoria.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindVictoria$10,000Report received through social media of wind damage in downtown Victoria. A power pole was blown down and trees were damaged at the intersection of South Navarro Street and East Forrest Street.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindVictoria$10,000Large trees were blown down on the road near Nimitz Street and Rosebud Avenue in Victoria.
September 2014LightningNursery$10,000Lightning struck an oil storage tank near the community of Nursery. This caused a fire that burned the tank and the tank battery.
April 2012HailVictoria$10,000Stripes Convenience store employee reported quarter sized hail at U. S. Highway 59 and North Laurent Street.
January 2011Thunderstorm WindNursery$10,000Power pole blown on a trailer home at the 13000 block of North Highway 87.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindVictoria$10,000Thunderstorm winds caused roof damage, blew down several trees, and blew over a small travel camper.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindInez$10,000Spotter reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 63 mph in Inez. The wind bent the mast holding the weather station equipment and took off shingles from the roof of the spotter's house.
August 2005LightningVictoria$10,000Lightning struck a home on Ridgewood in Victoria. Fire was contained to attic, but did cause smoke damage to remainder of the home.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMission Vly$5,000Law enforcement reported a tree fallen blocking a roadway near Mission Valley.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindRaisin$5,000Tree was blown down on Coletoville Road north of Coletoville.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMission Vly$5,000Trees were blown down near Weber Road south of Mission Valley.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCraig$5,000Spotter reported several large tree branches were broken.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMission Vly$5,000Mping report was received of a thunderstorm producing damage to a home with shingles blown off along with tree limbs broken near Mission Valley.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindVictoria$5,000A large tree was blow on to a mobile home on Leary Lane and damaged the home.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindVictoria Ball Arpt$5,000Winds blew street signs down near Victoria Mall.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindAloe$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew off metal tin from an old barn. Several tree limbs were blown down also.
September 2012LightningTelferner$5,000Victoria Advocate reported lightning struck an oil tank on Beck Road East north of Inez. The lightning started a fire from the vapors within the tank. The fire was extinguished without any damages or injuries.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindVictoria Ball Arpt$5,000Telephone wires were knocked down in Victoria from the 1100 block of Salem Road to the 1000 block of Virginia Avenue.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindVictoria$5,000A gust to 53 knots was measured at an electronic weather station in Woodhigh. Pea-sized hail accompanied the strong winds.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindNursery$5,000Large tree limbs were knocked down and several trees were uprooted in Nursery. At 0120 CST the public reported wind damage to brick wall in a mobile home park in Victoria and several more trees uprooted in the Woodway area.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindVictoria$5,000Large tree limbs were knocked down and several trees were uprooted in Nursery. At 0120 CST the public reported wind damage to brick wall in a mobile home park in Victoria and several more trees uprooted in the Woodway area.
May 1994HailNorthwest Portion$5,000Large hail along with torrential rain reported by the public.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindVictoria$5,000Several trees were reported blown down near Russel and Haynes roads in the City. After the first report of damage three other reported of trees damage were made from within the City. The Sheriff's Office reported power lines down on the Upper Mission Valley road.
October 1981Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500no account filed

Mines and quarries

8 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 8 workings inside this county. 6 still produce and 2 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction8

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Briggs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Chipley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Fordyce Co Briggs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fordyce Co Chipley Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Parker Brothers Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Victoria Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every populated place in the county

24

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.