BlockValentine, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Roy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59471. The Survey maps it on the Valentine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Winnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Valentine between 1995 and 2020, burning about 6,066 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Petroleum County | TROPHY RIDGE |
| 26 August 2019 | Natural | 4.4 acres | North Central Montana District | VALENTINE |
| 17 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | C AND M |
| 15 August 2015 | Natural | 4,472 acres | Fergus County | TROPHY RIDGE |
| 12 August 1998 | Natural | 29 acres | North Central Montana District | VALENTINE |
| 3 July 2015 | Natural | 30 acres | Fergus County | TURKEY RIDGE |
| 29 July 2012 | Natural | 1,526 acres | North Central Montana District | DOVE TAIL |
| 23 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Petroleum County | BEAVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valentine in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2007: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valentine | $5,000 | GARAGE AND OLD BUILDING BLOWN OVER |
| July 2007 | Hail | Valentine | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Valentine. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valentine | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a 64 mph wind gust near Valentine. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Valentine | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 1.00 inch hail at Valentine 12NE. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Valentine | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 0.75 inch hail at Valentine. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Crooked (historical) | 15.2 miles | 10 | |
| Carroll (historical) | 18.3 miles | 8 | |
| Rocky Point (historical) | 19.9 miles | 8 | |
| Mobridge (historical) | 25.3 miles | 11 | |
| Box Elder (historical) | 26.3 miles | 8 | |
| Grass Range | 28.3 miles | 8 | |
| Roy | 28.5 miles | 8 | |
| Fords Creek Colony | 29.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 777966. 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.