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Stanley Corner, South Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57319. The Survey maps it on the Bridgewater East quadrangle.

Stanley Corner within McCook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Stanley Corner between 1999 and 2018, burning about 139 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
25 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDOLTON GRASS FIRE
20 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionTOM LEIN
4 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionUNKOWN
23 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionWEELDREYER
5 March 2005Misuse of fire by a minor7.5 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
9 November 1999Debris and open burning60 acresBridgewater Volunteer Fire DepartmentBRIDGEWATER
5 November 1999Debris and open burning40 acresBridgewater Volunteer Fire DepartmentBRIDGEWATER 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCook County

Storms near this place

18 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanley Corner in 18 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindStanley Corner-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a Road Weather Information System sensor at Stanley Corner.
June 2024Flash FloodStanley Corner-South Dakota Highway 42 was closed due to water flowing over the highway around 1 mile east of the intersection with U.S. Highway 81. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for areal and river flooding for McCook County.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindStanley Corner-Several pieces of farm equipment were blown across the road, with significant damage to outbuildings. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
July 2019HailStanley Corner-Many quarter-sized, and a few golf ball sized hailstones.
August 2018HailStanley Corner-Mostly nickel size, but a few of quarter size. Time estimated from radar.
August 2018HailStanley Corner-Hail size varied between one-half inch and one inch diameter.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindStanley Corner-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindStanley Corner-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage.
July 2009HailStanley Corner-Hail stripped leaves from trees, and caused an unknown amount of crop damage. The hail was accompanied by winds gusting up to 45 mph and brief heavy rain.
June 2009HailStanley Corner-Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles and crops.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindStanley Corner-Thunderstorm winds blew down several branches.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Stanley Corner-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
June 2014HailStanley Corner-no account filed
July 2009HailStanley Corner-no account filed
May 2002HailStanley Corner-no account filed
May 2002HailStanley Corner-no account filed
May 2002HailStanley Corner-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindStanley Corner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCook 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
Bridgewater6.4 miles11
Canistota6.4 miles6
Golden View Colony10.6 miles6
Rumpus Ridge10.9 miles6
Salem12.5 miles6
Montrose15.2 miles6
Spencer16.7 miles11
Unityville18.1 miles6

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.

Wikidata item Q122539780The 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 1258321. 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.