Long Valley, South Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Southwest Jackson unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57547. The Survey maps it on the Long Valley quadrangle. It stands 2,667 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1955 USGS Martin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Martin quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Long Valley quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Martin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Long Valley between 1999 and 2017, burning about 2,846 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Shore Volunteer Fire Department | BURLINGTON NORTHERN |
| 22 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | GROPPER |
| 14 August 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | LITTLE BOULDER |
| 13 August 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 600 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 10 August 2006 | Natural | 2,000 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | THOMPSON |
| 28 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | ROCK BAIL FIRE |
| 22 July 2017 | Natural | 31 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | THOMPSON |
| 29 June 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Custer Volunteer Fire Department | FRENCH CREEK |
Storms near this place
39 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Long Valley in 39 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 20 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | $50,000 | Some automobiles in Long Valley were damaged by the winds and hail. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Long Valley | $5,000 | Golf ball sized hail broke windows. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Long Valley | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Estimated wind gust report. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Wind gusts estimated near 60 mph lasted 10 minutes. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Small hail accompanied the storm with downed tree branches. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Long Valley | - | Mostly pea size hail with a few pieces around one inch diameter fell. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Long Valley | - | Runoff from heavy rain washed out a culvert and a 16 foot section of SD Highway 44 at Fish Creek Road. Flooding occurred along Fish Creek and Pass Creek in eastern Jackson County. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Spotter estimated winds at 60 mph. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | A spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Long Valley | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Long Valley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wanblee | 11.5 miles | 7 | |
| Hisle | 14.2 miles | 5 | |
| Weta | 24.6 miles | 6 | |
| Kadoka | 25.7 miles | 6 | |
| Kadoka Junction | 25.9 miles | 6 | |
| Potato Creek | 26.7 miles | 6 | |
| Sevenmile Corner | 27.3 miles | 6 | |
| Belvidere | 28.2 miles | 6 |
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 Long Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6673336 | 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 1266999. 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.



