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Valley Station, Kentucky

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the North Dixie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40272. It stands on Black Pond Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valley Station quadrangle.

Valley Station within Jefferson County

On record in Valley Station

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 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Valley Station between 2000 and 2011, burning about 65 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
22 April 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2011Natural11 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBEARCAMP RD. FIRE
12 March 2007Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 November 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 November 2010Recreation and ceremony17 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBLEVINS GAP
8 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Valley Station: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica. 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
Gem Silica Elizabeth PlantSilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

37 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valley Station in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 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
September 2018Flash FloodValley Station$10,000A water rescue took place to rescue a person stuck in a vehicle on Grafton Hall Road.
May 2010LightningValley Station$6,000A lightning strike caused limbs to fly. Some of the limbs broke windows in homes along Rogers St. off West Pages Ln.
May 2001HailValley Station$5,000Several cars were damaged by hail.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindValley Station$1,000Large branches were downed, damaging a fence along Deering Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindValley Station-A carport was lifted into power lines by strong winds near Valley Station.
October 2025Flash FloodValley Station-There was an SUV submerged in water.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Trees and power lines were downed by strong winds in Valley Station.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Trees were reported down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Trees were down near West Pages Lane at Devonshire Lane.
July 2018HailValley Station-The hail was measured at Stonestreet Road.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindValley Station-A large tree limb fell down on Aristides Drive.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Local broadcast media meteorologists reported trees down in Valley Station.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in a tree falling through a roof of a home.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindValley Station-A member of the broadcast media relayed a report of a large tree limb down in Valley Station.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindValley Station-A broadcast meteorologist relayed a report of a large tree snapped off.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindValley Station-An off-duty NWS employee relayed a report of a tree snapped off along Johnsontown Road near Highway 31W.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindValley Station-The public reported a tree down on a house near the Valley Station subdivision.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Winds caused some trees to fall. There were also some areas of standing water.
September 2009Flash FloodValley Station-Dixie Highway was closed at Valley Station Road due to high water.
March 2008FloodValley Station-The Ohio River below Louisville crested around 57.6 feet around 800 AM EST on March 21. Flood stage on the lower gage is 55 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with River Front Park in downtown Louisville flooded.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Trees were downed. Spotters estimated a 70 MPH wind gust.
May 2006HailValley Station-Nickel size hail was also reported in the Pleasure Ridge Park area.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Trees and power lines were downed.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Widespread tree damage and numerous large trees were split.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Power lines were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Trees were downed in the Stonestreet Road area. Some of the trees were blown on to power lines. Electricity was out to about 6000 customers.
September 2003Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Numerous large limbs were downed.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Trees were downed along Dixie Highway.
February 2002HailValley Station-Hail covered the ground.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindValley Station-Large tree down reported by Department of Emergency Service.
July 2008HailValley Station-no account filed
March 2002HailValley Station-no account filed
October 2000HailValley Station-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindValley Station-no account filed
March 1997HailValley Station-no account filed
May 1996HailValley Station-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Valley Downs0.2 miles20
Valley Gardens0.5 miles20
Valley0.5 miles20
Johnsontown0.8 miles20
Bethany0.9 miles20
Waverly Hills1.8 miles20
Prairie Village1.8 miles20
Pleasure Ridge Park2.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 505949. 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.