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Valentine, Nebraska

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Valentine precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69201. The Survey maps it on the Valentine South quadrangle. 2,633 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,582 feet above sea level.

Valentine within Cherry County

On record in Valentine

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 11 records

Population over time

2 figures

Valentine fell from 2,737 to 2,633 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,737
20202,633-104 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Valentine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,022 acres in total. 16 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/undetermined18
Natural16
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFort Niobrara National Wildlife RefugeFTN UNIT34
6 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge28A3 #1
6 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge28A3 #2
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Niobrara National Wildlife RefugeCARR
15 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 September 1993Natural5.0 acresFort Niobrara National Wildlife RefugeTAYLOR
9 August 2006Natural1.0 acresFort Niobrara National Wildlife RefugeLENSER
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFort Niobrara National Wildlife RefugeTUTTLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherry County

Storms near this place

60 of 194 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valentine in 194 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 102 hail, 73 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood, 5 tornado. 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
July 2013HailValentine$400,000Media reported nearly 300 cars damaged at a car dealership on the west side of Valentine.
July 2003HailValentine$48,000A supercell thunderstorm moved across Big Alkali Lake camping area, as well as other smaller nearby lakes, producing strong winds and large hail. Numerous windshields and windows were broken in campers, pickup trucks, and cabins. The hail also damaged the bodies of vehicles and the siding on the campers.
June 2007HailValentine$35,000no account filed
June 2002HailValentine$25,000Hail broke windshields in vehicles and damaged siding on homes.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindValentine$25,000Semi truck blown over
June 2007HailValentine$25,000no account filed
October 2010Thunderstorm WindValentine$15,000Law enforcement reported a roof ripped off a trailer and large tree limbs down approximately 10 inches in diameter.
June 2025Flash FloodValentine$10,000Storm chaser reports numerous streets under water in Valentine.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindValentine$10,000Several large trees were blown down.
July 2009HailValentine$10,000no account filed
June 2001HailValentine$10,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindValentine$10,000no account filed
August 2006HailValentine$8,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindValentine$5,000A fireman in Valentine reported roofs blown off houses, power poles down, and localized street flooding.
July 1998HailValentine$5,000no account filed
October 2011Thunderstorm WindValentine$4,000Strong winds blew shingles off roof.
June 2003Flash FloodValentine$3,000Numerous streets were under water.
June 2006HailValentine$3,000no account filed
August 2002HailValentine$3,000no account filed
August 1999HailValentine$3,000no account filed
July 2020FloodValentine$1,000Nearly one inch of rain in 30 minutes caused minor flooding.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindValentine$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindValentine-Thunderstorm wind gust of 59 MPH measured at this location.
July 2025Tornado (EFU)Valentine-Brief touchdown in an open field. No damage reported.
July 2025HailValentine-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 70 MPH were also reported along with half dollar sized hail.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindValentine-Trained spotter estimates wind gusts up to 80 MPH at this location.
September 2025HailValentine-Delayed report of hail 1.75 inches in diameter. Time was estimated by radar.
September 2025HailValentine-Public reported half dollar sized hail in Valentine.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindValentine-A home weather station measured a 71 mph wind gust in Valentine.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindValentine-Thunderstorm wind gust of 62 MPH reported by a mesonet site in Valentine. No damage was reported.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindValentine-Thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindValentine-Valentine ASOS measured 58 mph wind gusts.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindValentine-A thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph reported at the Valentine Airport.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindValentine-Strong winds from a heat burst was observed by the ASOS.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindValentine-Strong winds were observed on the ASOS at Valentine.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindValentine-Wind gust reported on mesonet site.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindValentine-A 64 MPH wind gust was reported by the ASOS.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindValentine-No details.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindValentine-No details.
August 2019Flash FloodValentine-There were reports by the public of multiple streets flooded in town.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindValentine-Numerous debris reported on the ground. Winds estimated at 60 MPH.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindValentine-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 82 MPH reported at Miller Field.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-A fourteen inch diameter tree split in half. Power outages reported.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-A sixteen inch diameter tree blown over.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-No information available.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-No information available.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-No information available.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-Numerous large trees reported down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-No damage reported.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-Thunderstorm wind gust of 61 MPH measured at the Valentine Airport.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindValentine-The Valentine ASOS recorded a thunderstorm wind gust of 64 mph during the early morning hours on May 15th.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindValentine-Tree down near spotter's location.
May 2016Flash FloodValentine-Runoff from heavy rain led to street flooding with water depths between one and two feet reported on some streets.
May 2016Flash FloodValentine-Widespread street flooding continues across portions of Valentine as reported by the Emergency Manager.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindValentine-Thunderstorm wind gust measured at the Valentine Municipal Airport.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindValentine-Wind gust was measured with a Davis Weather Instrument.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindValentine-Valentine Airport ASOS measured a 58 mph wind gust.
July 2016HailValentine-Quarter size hail damaged garden plants.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindValentine-Observer for NWS reported 60 kt wind gust.
June 2014Flash FloodValentine-Law enforcement reported significant street flooding within the city of Valentine. Water was onto sidewalks throughout town. Public report of water near the courthouse front door, due to street and sidewalk flooding.

Every storm recorded in Cherry 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
Thatcher6.4 miles10
Crookston11.3 miles9
Arabia13.6 miles8
Sparks16.3 miles10
Simeon20.0 miles9
Kilgore21.9 miles9
Wood Lake23.1 miles9
Kennedy26.5 miles9

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 ValentineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q961248The 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 834323. 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.