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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.

Long Valley within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

12 since 1999

Regional 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
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSouth Shore Volunteer Fire DepartmentBURLINGTON NORTHERN
22 August 2012Natural2.0 acresPine Ridge AgencyGROPPER
14 August 2017Natural2.0 acresPine Ridge AgencyLITTLE BOULDER
13 August 2003Misuse of fire by a minor600 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
10 August 2006Natural2,000 acresPine Ridge AgencyTHOMPSON
28 July 2015Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionROCK BAIL FIRE
22 July 2017Natural31 acresPine Ridge AgencyTHOMPSON
29 June 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCuster Volunteer Fire DepartmentFRENCH CREEK

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

39 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLong Valley$50,000Some automobiles in Long Valley were damaged by the winds and hail.
September 2011HailLong Valley$5,000Golf ball sized hail broke windows.
July 2015HailLong Valley$5,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Estimated wind gust report.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Wind gusts estimated near 60 mph lasted 10 minutes.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Small hail accompanied the storm with downed tree branches.
August 2022HailLong Valley-Mostly pea size hail with a few pieces around one inch diameter fell.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2020Flash FloodLong 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 2015Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Spotter estimated winds at 60 mph.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-A spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
June 2024HailLong Valley-no account filed
April 2024HailLong Valley-no account filed
April 2024HailLong Valley-no account filed
June 2023HailLong Valley-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-no account filed
May 2020HailLong Valley-no account filed
July 2020HailLong Valley-no account filed
July 2020HailLong Valley-no account filed
July 2020HailLong Valley-no account filed
July 2020HailLong Valley-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLong Valley-no account filed
June 2018HailLong Valley-no account filed
July 2015HailLong Valley-no account filed
July 2010HailLong Valley-no account filed
June 2009HailLong Valley-no account filed
June 2009HailLong Valley-no account filed
July 2009HailLong Valley-no account filed
June 2008HailLong Valley-no account filed
August 2007HailLong Valley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Wanblee11.5 miles7
Hisle14.2 miles5
Weta24.6 miles6
Kadoka25.7 miles6
Kadoka Junction25.9 miles6
Potato Creek26.7 miles6
Sevenmile Corner27.3 miles6
Belvidere28.2 miles6

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 ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6673336The 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.