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Valentine, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72117. It lies near Brushy Island. The Survey maps it on the McAlmont quadrangle.

Valentine within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

16 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Valentine between 2001 and 2019, burning about 112 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural5
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
26 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2012Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Valentine: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold. 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
Julius HessLead, Zinc, Copper, GoldUnknown
Kellog MineLead, Zinc, Copper, GoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valentine in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
May 2010Thunderstorm WindValentine$150,000In Sherwood, a business had its roof blown off and two porches destroyed, the roofs of two other businesses were damaged, the roof of an apartment building had shingles peeled off, and a few trees were blown down.
July 2010Flash FloodValentine$10,000Water reached up to the bottom of car doors on the access road of U.S. Highway 67/167 at Brookswood Rd. (Arkansas Highway 176Y).
April 2025Thunderstorm WindValentine-A business had the roof partially ripped off by severe winds in the town of Sherwood.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindValentine-Multiple large limbs were blown down across the community of Sherwood.
October 2021Flash FloodValentine-U.S Highway 67 northbound was closed at this location due to high water across all lanes.
March 2021Flash FloodValentine-Water was reported over several roadways.
August 2020Flash FloodValentine-The intersection of Brockington and Kiehl was flooded and impassable to traffic.
June 2018Flash FloodValentine-Water was over the road near US Hwy 67 and Kiehl Ave.
July 2018Flash FloodValentine-The intersection of Brockington Rd. and Kiehl Avenue flooded with over a foot of water on the road.
May 2010HailValentine-Nickel size hail fell in Sherwood.
September 2008Flash FloodValentine-A road was barricaded at Roundtop on the east side of Sherwood.

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Rixey0.5 miles21
McAlmont1.4 miles21
Indian Head Lake Estates1.6 miles21
Eureka Garden2.0 miles21
North Hills Manor2.3 miles21
Booker2.5 miles21
Autumnbrook2.7 miles21
Western Acres3.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58790. 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.