Valentine, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Estill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29932. The Survey maps it on the Solomons Crossroads quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Peeples quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Peeples quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Solomons Crossroads quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
194 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Valentine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,146 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 39 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | 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 Valentine: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valentine in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valentine | - | A NWS employee reported three trees down on Highway 321 between Fairfax and Luray. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Valentine | - | A trained spotter reported many farm fields completely flooded. The spotter estimated 5 inches of rain had already fallen since mid afternoon. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luray | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Gifford | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Peeples (historical) | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Rouse | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lawtonville Crossroads | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Estill | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Dukes | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lena | 5.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227993. 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.








