Sharon, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sharon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67138. It stands on East Branch Little Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sharon South quadrangle. 147 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,457 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSharon fell from 158 to 147 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 158 | |
| 2020 | 147 | -11 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1889 USGS Anthony quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Anthony quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Sharon South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
53 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharon in 53 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 46 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | $20,000 | Barn damaged. |
| May 1999 | Lightning | Sharon | $20,000 | House struck. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Sharon | - | A social media photo of 1.75 inch hail. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Sharon | - | Social media report of 1.5 inch hail. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Sharon | - | This was a brief and weak tornado. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Sharon | - | Pea to penny sized hail covered the ground. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sharon | - | The hail broke out the windows on the north side a house. |
| September 2008 | Flood | Sharon | - | Flooding was reported over Tri-City Road north of Highway 160. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | - | Large trees blown down and shingles were blown off a few roofs |
| July 2003 | Hail | Sharon | - | This giant hail fell on the county line. Damage was not reported but certainly must of occurred. |
| September 1999 | Hail | Sharon | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Sharon | - | Water over highway 160. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Sharon | - | Hail completely covered the ground. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Sharon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pixley | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Medicine Lodge | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gerlane | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hazelton | 11.0 miles | 15 | |
| Mingona | 15.2 miles | 14 | |
| Kiowa | 16.3 miles | 15 | |
| Isabel | 16.5 miles | 14 | |
| Forest City | 17.2 miles | 14 |
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 Sharon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q967492 | 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 470492. 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.
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.





