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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Sharps Corner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Pine Ridge quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
190 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 58 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Other causes | 17 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pine Ridge Agency | N. MANDER 2 |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pine Ridge Agency | CHASE-2 |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | POURIER |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | RATTLE SNAKE |
| 5 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Pine Ridge Agency | CULPRIT |
| 4 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Pine Ridge Agency | VENTURE |
| 27 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Pine Ridge Agency | NO HELP |
| 26 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Pine Ridge Agency | HAMMOCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
42 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | 1 hurt | Extensive roof and structural damage occurred at the Porcupine Dialysis Center, with one minor injury. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Sharps Corner | $50,000 | Large hail damaged vehicles and house windows, siding, and roofs. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | Estimated wind gust report. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | Wind gusts were estimated near 60 mph. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | The ground was covered with hail. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | Automobiles were dented and windows were broken by hail to baseball size. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | Spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | Penny sized hail also fell with the storm. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Sharps Corner | - | 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.
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.


