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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.

Lake Victor within Burnet County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

28 since 2005

Regional 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 burning15
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 September 2011Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
28 September 2006Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2015Debris and open burning133 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROCKY CREEK
12 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 281
1 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURNET VFD (1700106)
1 August 2008Natural107 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePELL RANCH
7 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 108 FIRE
4 July 2005Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burnet County

Storms near this place

33 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Tornado (EF2)Lake Victor$200,000A 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 2024Thunderstorm WindLake Victor$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew a travel trailer into a house north of Bertram.
October 1994Thunderstorm WindLake Victor$3,000Large trees were reported to have been uprooted by damaging winds from thunderstorms.
May 2025HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in northern Burnet County.
May 2025HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in northern Burnet County.
May 2025HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail northeast of Tow.
July 2025Flash FloodLake Victor-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Flood waters inundated homes on RM 2340 near Allen Branch Creek.
April 2024HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from the 1.5 to 3.0 inches in diameter northwest of Lake Victor.
April 2024HailLake 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 2024HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced 4.0 inch diameter hail one quarter mile east of Hwy 281 northwest of Lake Victor.
April 2024HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced 2.5 inch hail hail northwest of Lake Victor.
April 2024HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail in Lake Victor.
May 2023HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail northwest of Lake Victor.
May 2023HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced hail up to half dollar size east of Lake Victor.
March 2018HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail northwest of Briggs.
April 2018HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail C&W Ranch in northern Burnet County west of Hwy 218.
April 2018HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail near the intersection of CR 206 and CR 207 in northern Burnet County.
April 2018HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in northern Burnet County.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust measured by a spotter at 62 mph. No damage was reported.
March 2012Flash FloodLake Victor-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding of low water crossings and closed FM2340 east of US281 north of Burnet.
May 2011HailLake Victor-A thunderstorm produced quarter to golf ball size hail.
April 2009HailLake Victor-A resident reported nickel to quarter size hail near Deer Creek Road northeast of Tow.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Lake Victor-Law enforcement reported a brief tornado touchdown which uprooted a few trees at 3707 CR 101.
June 1995HailLake Victor-Small tornado touched down briefly, causing minor building damage.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLake Victor-Small tornado touched down briefly, causing minor building damage.
April 2016HailLake Victor-no account filed
April 2016HailLake Victor-no account filed
March 2014HailLake Victor-no account filed
May 2014HailLake Victor-no account filed
May 2011HailLake Victor-no account filed
May 2011HailLake Victor-no account filed
May 2011HailLake Victor-no account filed
April 2010HailLake Victor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Burnet 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
Sunnylane3.3 miles14
Naruna8.6 miles16
Shady Grove8.7 miles14
Watson9.6 miles14
Joppa10.3 miles14
Burnet10.6 miles15
Silver Creek Village11.3 miles18
Gandy13.3 miles17

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.