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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bridgewater East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Salem quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DOLTON GRASS FIRE |
| 20 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TOM LEIN |
| 4 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | UNKOWN |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WEELDREYER |
| 5 March 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 7.5 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 9 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department | BRIDGEWATER |
| 5 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department | BRIDGEWATER 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley Corner | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a Road Weather Information System sensor at Stanley Corner. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Stanley 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley 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 2019 | Hail | Stanley Corner | - | Many quarter-sized, and a few golf ball sized hailstones. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Stanley Corner | - | Mostly nickel size, but a few of quarter size. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Stanley Corner | - | Hail size varied between one-half inch and one inch diameter. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley Corner | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley Corner | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Stanley 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 2009 | Hail | Stanley Corner | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles and crops. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley Corner | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several branches. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Stanley Corner | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Stanley Corner | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Stanley Corner | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Stanley Corner | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Stanley Corner | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Stanley Corner | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Canistota | 6.4 miles | 6 | |
| Golden View Colony | 10.6 miles | 6 | |
| Rumpus Ridge | 10.9 miles | 6 | |
| Salem | 12.5 miles | 6 | |
| Montrose | 15.2 miles | 6 | |
| Spencer | 16.7 miles | 11 | |
| Unityville | 18.1 miles | 6 |
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 Q122539780 | The 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.



