Valley City, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47142. It lies near Wolfpen Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mauckport quadrangle. It stands 574 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1931 USGS Corydon quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Mauckport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Corydon quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Mauckport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Mauckport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Valley City between 1999 and 2011, burning about 21 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CEMEX FIRE |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Valley City: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battletown Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valley City in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley City | - | There were trees down over New Amsterdam Road in Valley City. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley City | - | A tree snapped and partially blocked New Amsterdam Road. |
| May 2004 | Heavy Rain | Valley City | - | Rain was falling at a rate of 4.29 inches per hour. The total rainfall measured was 2.58 inches. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley City | - | An amateur radio operator estimated a 60 mph wind gust. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Valley City | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Valley City | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Valley City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Amsterdam | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Titus | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Glidas | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Central | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Dixie | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Mauckport | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Morvins Landing | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Dogwood | 7.4 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Valley City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7912003 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 445195. 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.









