BlockSwaim, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35745. It lies near Fowler Cove. The Survey maps it on the Princeton quadrangle. It stands 666 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Swaim between 1997 and 2015, burning about 878 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 May 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 65, AL |
| 14 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 4381 CO. RD. 44, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swaim in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swaim | $5,000 | Emergency management surveyed an area of thunderstorm wind damage. Thunderstorm winds peeled a metal roof off of a home. Trees were blown down about 1/4 mile further down County Road 9. The top of a very large hardwood tree was snapped off. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swaim | $1,500 | A tree was knocked down onto a power line. Time was estimated from radar. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swaim | $200 | A tree was knocked down across Highway 146 at CR 9. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swaim | - | Roof damage to a barn/outbuilding was reported near 532 CR 138. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Swaim | - | Low water crossing underwater on County Road 142 near the intersection with AL Hwy 146. Depth of water unknown. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swaim | - | Trees and power lines were knocked down blocking a roadway. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swaim | - | Trees were knocked down along State Road 65 between Princeton and Estillfork. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larkins Fork (historical) | 0.4 miles | 22 | |
| Beachboro (historical) | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Baileytown | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Larkin | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Princeton | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Estillfork | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Milan (historical) | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Hollytree | 5.7 miles | 23 |
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 Swaim | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196627 | 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 157133. 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.