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Victor, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Union-Grapeview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98528. It stands on Sherwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belfair quadrangle.

Victor within Mason County

On record in Victor

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Victor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism12
Fireworks11
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGRAPEVIEW RD
8 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTRAILS END DRIVE
7 September 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRASOR ROAD
27 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWETLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mason County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Victor: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mason 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
Allyn0.8 miles13
Fair Harbor2.6 miles13
Detroit (historical)3.1 miles13
Grapeview3.3 miles13
Rose Point4.0 miles13
Sunset Beach4.2 miles14
Belfair5.1 miles13
Sunbeach5.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1527707. 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.