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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.

Sharon within Steele County

Population over time

2 figures

Sharon 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.

YearPeople Change
201096
202086-10 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

2 since 2012

Regional 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 use1
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
31 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use15 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceTAFELMEYER-VIG CRP
21 May 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceTHOMPSON SHELTERBELT

Every fire recorded in Steele County

Storms near this place

48 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Tornado (EF2)Sharon$150,000This 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 2019FloodSharon$50,000no account filed
August 1999HailSharon$20,000The hailstorm went through the town of Sharon, damaging many vehicles.
June 2020Tornado (EF1)Sharon$10,000This 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 2010Flash FloodSharon$10,000Two 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 2009FloodSharon$5,000no account filed
April 2009FloodSharon$5,000no account filed
July 2008Tornado (EF0)Sharon$2,000A brief touchdown was observed near highway 32. Gravel was thrown across the road. Peak winds were estimated at 65 mph.
July 2023HailSharon-Public reports quarter-sized hail near Aneta. Time estimated from radar.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSharon-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 2021Funnel CloudSharon-A well-developed wall cloud and funnel was reported to the Steele County Sheriffs office after it passed over a farmstead.
June 2020Tornado (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 2018HailSharon-A one mile wide swath of corn was shredded by the hail.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSharon-Trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSharon-A couple of older farm outbuildings were blown over by the strong winds.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSharon-Several trees in a shelterbelt were blown down.
July 2007HailSharon-The largest hailstones ranged from 3 to 3.5 inches in diameter, with an 8 inch circumference.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSharon-Trees were blown down.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindSharon-Large branches were blown down.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Sharon-A brief touchdown was reported.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Sharon-A brief tornado touchdown was reported.
June 2022HailSharon-no account filed
June 2020HailSharon-no account filed
July 2017HailSharon-no account filed
August 2016HailSharon-no account filed
June 2015HailSharon-no account filed
April 2011FloodSharon-no account filed
March 2010FloodSharon-no account filed
July 2008HailSharon-no account filed
October 2007HailSharon-no account filed
May 2007HailSharon-no account filed
August 2007HailSharon-no account filed
May 2005HailSharon-no account filed
September 2005HailSharon-no account filed
September 2005HailSharon-no account filed
May 2004HailSharon-no account filed
June 2004HailSharon-no account filed
August 2004HailSharon-no account filed
May 2003HailSharon-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSharon-no account filed
June 2001HailSharon-no account filed
June 2001HailSharon-no account filed
June 2000HailSharon-no account filed
June 2000HailSharon-no account filed
May 2000HailSharon-no account filed
July 2000HailSharon-no account filed
June 2000Flash FloodSharon-no account filed
June 1997HailSharon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Steele 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
Finley6.5 miles8
Pickert11.5 miles8
Sherbrooke13.2 miles8
Interlaken (historical)13.8 miles8
Blabon14.6 miles8
Hope21.0 miles8
Luverne24.0 miles8
Colgate27.4 miles8

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 SharonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2323438The 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.