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Sharps Corner, South Dakota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Oglala Lakota unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57772. The Survey maps it on the Sharps Corner quadrangle.

Sharps Corner within Oglala Lakota County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 9 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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Sharps Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,538 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning58
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Equipment and vehicle use26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural18
Other causes17
Fireworks13
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acrePine Ridge AgencyN. MANDER 2
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acrePine Ridge AgencyCHASE-2
8 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresPine Ridge AgencyPOURIER
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined175 acresPine Ridge AgencyRATTLE SNAKE
5 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acrePine Ridge AgencyCULPRIT
4 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePine Ridge AgencyVENTURE
27 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresPine Ridge AgencyNO HELP
26 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acrePine Ridge AgencyHAMMOCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oglala Lakota County

Storms near this place

42 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharps Corner in 42 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 26 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2020Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner1 hurtExtensive roof and structural damage occurred at the Porcupine Dialysis Center, with one minor injury.
June 2015HailSharps Corner$50,000Large hail damaged vehicles and house windows, siding, and roofs.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-Estimated wind gust report.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-Wind gusts were estimated near 60 mph.
April 2022HailSharps Corner-The ground was covered with hail.
August 2017HailSharps Corner-Automobiles were dented and windows were broken by hail to baseball size.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-Spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-Penny sized hail also fell with the storm.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2024HailSharps Corner-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-no account filed
July 2023HailSharps Corner-no account filed
June 2023HailSharps Corner-no account filed
August 2023HailSharps Corner-no account filed
April 2022HailSharps Corner-no account filed
July 2020HailSharps Corner-no account filed
August 2019HailSharps Corner-no account filed
July 2019HailSharps Corner-no account filed
July 2018HailSharps Corner-no account filed
June 2015HailSharps Corner-no account filed
July 2015HailSharps Corner-no account filed
May 2013HailSharps Corner-no account filed
June 2011HailSharps Corner-no account filed
June 2010HailSharps Corner-no account filed
June 2008HailSharps Corner-no account filed
August 2008HailSharps Corner-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-no account filed
June 2006HailSharps Corner-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSharps Corner-no account filed
August 2006HailSharps Corner-no account filed
May 2005HailSharps Corner-no account filed
May 2005HailSharps Corner-no account filed
May 2005HailSharps Corner-no account filed
May 2004HailSharps Corner-no account filed
July 1996HailSharps Corner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oglala Lakota 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
Evergreen5.7 miles8
Rockyford9.2 miles10
Porcupine11.0 miles8
Manderson11.3 miles8
Kyle12.0 miles8
Wounded Knee17.3 miles8
Wakpamani22.8 miles9
Oglala22.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261139. 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.