Worthing, South Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lynn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57077. The Survey maps it on the Worthing quadrangle. 927 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,362 feet above sea level.
On record in Worthing
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 1 record
- Dickens Round Barnlisted 2019
Population over time
2 figuresWorthing grew from 877 to 927 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 877 | |
| 2020 | 927 | +50 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1897 USGS Canton quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Canton quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Worthing quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rock Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Worthing between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,961 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CR-115 / 280TH |
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lincoln County | US HWY 115/279 |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SD HWY 15 & 278 |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | I-29 MILE 61 |
| 26 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | I29 M MARKER 60 |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WORTHING |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TOWER |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MM 57 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
37 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worthing in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 17 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | $250,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused extensive damage on a new car lot by blasting vehicles with sand and dust, breaking glass and destroying finishes. The winds also caused tree damage and minor building damage. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | $25,000 | Several power poles were snapped by thunderstorm winds. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | $15,000 | Two semi-trucks were flipped by thunderstorm wind gusts a little south of Exit 68 on Interstate 29. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | $15,000 | A semi truck and trailer was tipped over along with damage to two other vehicles. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | $10,000 | Metal roof pieces from a house were blown across the county road to the east. Several trees were gnarled with limbs down. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | $10,000 | A car dealership sign was destroyed by thunderstorm wind gusts. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | $5,000 | The roof and doors to a shed were damaged. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | $1,000 | Limbs up to 3 inches in diameter were taken down. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Worthing | - | Hail up to quarter size fell along U.S. Highway 18 near Minnesota Avenue. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Worthing | - | Beaver Creek at Canton rose above flood stage the evening of June 20th, cresting around 10.46 feet above flood stage (1257.46 feet) on June 22nd. This crest is in the Major Stage. The creek then fell below flood stage on the morning of June 27th. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for Lincoln County. |
| June 2022 | Flood | Worthing | - | Locally heavy rainfall pushed Beaver Creek at Canton (gage site BCCS2) above minor flood stage for a brief time on June 13, with a crest at 0.31 feet above flood stage. A minor amount of agricultural land was flooded. |
| August 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Worthing | - | A tornado spun up 4 miles northeast of Worthing, one-half mile north of 278th Street just east of 475th Avenue. The tornado tracked northeast for a little over a mile before it lifted 4 miles south of Harrisburg, just southwest of the intersection of 277th Street and 476th Avenue. Damage was limited to crops with the path defined on Sentinel satellite imagery. The average path width was 20 yards. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped several 6 to 12 inch diameter limbs. |
| August 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Worthing | - | This tornado formed 2 miles north-northwest of Worthing, around one-half mile east of Interstate 29 and north of 278th Street. The tornado tracked northeast and then east-northeast for around one and one-half miles across open farmland and lifted 3 miles north-northeast of Worthing just south of 277th Street. The average path width, identified by crop damage in Sentinel satellite imagery, was 20 yards. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Worthing | - | Hail was accompanied by estimated 60 mph wind gusts. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | - | Thunderstorm winds, accompanied by hail, caused minor tree damage. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Worthing | - | Large hail covered the ground. |
| March 2004 | Hail | Worthing | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Worthing | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Worthing | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Worthing | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a dead tree uprooted. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Worthing | - | Large hail covered the ground. The hail caused damage to corn and soybean crops, but the amount of crop damage was not known. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Worthing | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Worthing | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Worthing | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Worthing | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Worthing | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Worthing | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Worthing | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Worthing | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Worthing | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Worthing | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Worthing | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Worthing | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lennox | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Harrisburg | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Naomi | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Tea | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Canton | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Shindler | 11.7 miles | 10 | |
| Moe | 14.5 miles | 11 | |
| Norway Center | 15.7 miles | 11 |
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 Worthing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2152099 | 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 1259085. 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.





