Sharon, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sharon City. It lies in ZIP code area 58277. The Survey maps it on the Sharon quadrangle. 86 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,512 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSharon fell from 96 to 86 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 | 96 | |
| 2020 | 86 | -10 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Sharon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sharon between 2012 and 2019, burning about 18 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TAFELMEYER-VIG CRP |
| 21 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | THOMPSON SHELTERBELT |
Storms near this place
48 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharon in 48 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 27 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Sharon | $150,000 | This tornado tracked from far northeast Sharon Township across far northwest Westfield Township. A tornado Debris Signature was evident on KMVX radar. The tornado completely dismantled and destroyed a barn at one farmstead. It also snapped or uprooted numerous spruce, ash, cottonwood, and willow trees at various locations along its path. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Sharon | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Sharon | $20,000 | The hailstorm went through the town of Sharon, damaging many vehicles. |
| June 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Sharon | $10,000 | This tornado tracked intermittently to the north-northeast for over 7 miles, roughly 2 miles of the track in Steele County, then the remainder of the 5 miles in Grand Forks County (where it ended around 442 pm CDT). The tornado blew out the back wall of a pole shed and tore off some of its steel sheathing. It also snapped or uprooted several cottonwood and pine trees in shelterbelts along its path. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Sharon | $10,000 | Two to four inches of rain fell over portions of northwest Steele County, causing rapid rises in water levels at some locations. Two feet of water flowed over state highway 32 about six miles south of Finley. About a mile south of the junction of highways 200 and 32, three feet of water covered the road for about 70 feet. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Sharon | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Flood | Sharon | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Sharon | $2,000 | A brief touchdown was observed near highway 32. Gravel was thrown across the road. Peak winds were estimated at 65 mph. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Sharon | - | Public reports quarter-sized hail near Aneta. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | - | Numerous large 4 to 8 inch tree branches were broken. A few large trees were snapped or uprooted, and four hopper bottom grain bins were blown over. |
| August 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Sharon | - | A well-developed wall cloud and funnel was reported to the Steele County Sheriffs office after it passed over a farmstead. |
| June 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Sharon | - | A video of a brief tornado touchdown was posted on social media. The touchdown occurred in an open field and no damage was noted. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Sharon | - | A one mile wide swath of corn was shredded by the hail. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | - | A couple of older farm outbuildings were blown over by the strong winds. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | - | Several trees in a shelterbelt were blown down. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Sharon | - | The largest hailstones ranged from 3 to 3.5 inches in diameter, with an 8 inch circumference. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | - | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | - | Large branches were blown down. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Sharon | - | A brief touchdown was reported. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Sharon | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finley | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Pickert | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sherbrooke | 13.2 miles | 8 | |
| Interlaken (historical) | 13.8 miles | 8 | |
| Blabon | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hope | 21.0 miles | 8 | |
| Luverne | 24.0 miles | 8 | |
| Colgate | 27.4 miles | 8 |
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 Q2323438 | 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 1032036. 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.




