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Harding, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Harding unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57720. It lies near Gilbert Draw. The Survey maps it on the Harding quadrangle.

Harding within Harding County

On record in Harding

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

19 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Harding between 1999 and 2020, burning about 16,096 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMiles City Field OfficeWARD
5 September 2013Natural3.7 acresMiles City Field OfficeHELLS CANYON
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMiles City Field OfficePENN
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDODGE DRAW
4 September 2010Natural2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionMACKEY
22 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
21 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use100 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDATE 134
17 September 2000Natural500 acresPrairie City Volunteer Fire DepartmentHARDING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harding County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harding: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sorum PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Harding County

Storms near this place

60 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harding in 64 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 37 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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
May 1996HailHarding$7,500no account filed
May 1996HailHarding$5,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHarding$1,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHarding-Damage to a farm outbuilding, with reports of other damage between Harding and Camp Crook.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHarding-Wind gusts were estimated at near 60 mph.
June 2022HailHarding-Hail covered the ground and was accompanied by 50 mph winds.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHarding-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHarding-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHarding-Branches were blown off trees and tin siding was pulled from a shed.
June 2018Tornado (EF2)Harding-Based on eyewitness reports and video evidence, the tornado developed east of the first tornado near Johnson Draw and continued northeastward to near Waterhole Creek before dissipating. A home on Holcomb Place was damaged. Peak wind speeds were estimated near 120 mph.
June 2018Tornado (EFU)Harding-Based on eyewitness reports and video evidence, the tornado traveled north-northeastward then northwestward across open land. It caused no damage. Therefore, its EF rating could be determined.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHarding-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHarding-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHarding-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHarding-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHarding-Dime size hail also fell with the storm.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHarding-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHarding-Dime sized hail also fell with the storm.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHarding-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2011HailHarding-Hail covered the ground.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHarding-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHarding-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHarding-Five trees, including one that was 18 inches in diameter, were blown over.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHarding-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindHarding-Dime sized hail also fell with the storm.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHarding-Several people reported "tremendous" winds as the storm passed Harding. Several tree branches were downed.
June 2024HailHarding-no account filed
July 2023HailHarding-no account filed
July 2021HailHarding-no account filed
July 2021HailHarding-no account filed
July 2020HailHarding-no account filed
July 2020HailHarding-no account filed
June 2019HailHarding-no account filed
July 2019HailHarding-no account filed
July 2019HailHarding-no account filed
July 2019HailHarding-no account filed
June 2018HailHarding-no account filed
August 2016HailHarding-no account filed
July 2016HailHarding-no account filed
June 2014HailHarding-no account filed
July 2013HailHarding-no account filed
July 2013HailHarding-no account filed
July 2013HailHarding-no account filed
July 2012HailHarding-no account filed
July 2011HailHarding-no account filed
August 2011HailHarding-no account filed
July 2009HailHarding-no account filed
July 2009HailHarding-no account filed
June 2008HailHarding-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHarding-no account filed
August 2008HailHarding-no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHarding-no account filed
July 2005HailHarding-no account filed
July 2005HailHarding-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHarding-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHarding-no account filed
June 2002HailHarding-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHarding-no account filed
July 2001HailHarding-no account filed
July 2001HailHarding-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harding 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
Gustave11.1 miles6
Camp Crook12.9 miles8
Redig17.4 miles6
Buffalo19.9 miles6
Ladner30.1 miles6
Karinen35.6 miles6
Ludlow38.6 miles8
Reva40.9 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 HardingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23709364The 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 1261013. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.