Lake Victor, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Burnet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76550. The Survey maps it on the Lake Victor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1887 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Lake Victor quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Lake Victor between 2005 and 2020, burning about 768 acres in total. 4 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 | 15 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 133 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCKY CREEK |
| 12 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 281 |
| 1 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURNET VFD (1700106) |
| 1 August 2008 | Natural | 107 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PELL RANCH |
| 7 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 108 FIRE |
| 4 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Victor in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 25 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF2) | Lake Victor | $200,000 | A thunderstorm produced a tornado that caused EF2 damage near Shady Grove. The tornado initially touched down north of FM 963 near Bar D Trail. It damaged a wind mill, a metal barn, and uprooted numerous trees. A single family house lost numerous Spanish style tile shingles from its roof. This damage was rated EF1. The tornado then moved to the southwest where there was EF2 damage to a house to the east of FM 1174 about 0.5 miles south of the intersection with FM 963. This house was moved off of its foundation about 100 yards to the south-southwest. Five people in the house sheltered in the bathroom and had only minor cuts and scrapes. The tornado then caused tree damage on the west side of FM 1174 before lifting. Maximum winds were estimated at 125 mph. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Victor | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew a travel trailer into a house north of Bertram. |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Victor | $3,000 | Large trees were reported to have been uprooted by damaging winds from thunderstorms. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in northern Burnet County. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in northern Burnet County. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail northeast of Tow. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Lake Victor | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Flood waters inundated homes on RM 2340 near Allen Branch Creek. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from the 1.5 to 3.0 inches in diameter northwest of Lake Victor. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced 4.0 inch diameter hail southwest of Lake Victor. A picture of the hail was forwarded to the NWS by a broadcast media partner. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced 4.0 inch diameter hail one quarter mile east of Hwy 281 northwest of Lake Victor. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced 2.5 inch hail hail northwest of Lake Victor. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail in Lake Victor. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail northwest of Lake Victor. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to half dollar size east of Lake Victor. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail northwest of Briggs. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail C&W Ranch in northern Burnet County west of Hwy 218. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail near the intersection of CR 206 and CR 207 in northern Burnet County. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in northern Burnet County. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced a wind gust measured by a spotter at 62 mph. No damage was reported. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Lake Victor | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding of low water crossings and closed FM2340 east of US281 north of Burnet. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter to golf ball size hail. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | A resident reported nickel to quarter size hail near Deer Creek Road northeast of Tow. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Lake Victor | - | Law enforcement reported a brief tornado touchdown which uprooted a few trees at 3707 CR 101. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | Small tornado touched down briefly, causing minor building damage. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Victor | - | Small tornado touched down briefly, causing minor building damage. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lake Victor | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Lake 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnylane | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Naruna | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Shady Grove | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Watson | 9.6 miles | 14 | |
| Joppa | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Burnet | 10.6 miles | 15 | |
| Silver Creek Village | 11.3 miles | 18 | |
| Gandy | 13.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1360861. 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.









