Swan Falls, Idaho
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Orchard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83641. The Survey maps it on the Wild Horse Butte quadrangle. It stands 2,359 feet above sea level.
On record in Swan Falls
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Swan Falls Dam and Power Plantlisted 1976 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Bisuka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Bisuka quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Wild Horse Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Wild Horse Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Oreana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Murphy quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Wild Horse Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Swan Falls between 1994 and 2020, burning about 12,102 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | 193 acres | Boise District | COYOTE |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | 95 acres | Boise District | SINKER |
| 3 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 56 acres | Boise District | OLD FERRY |
| 27 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Boise District | SWAN FALLS |
| 23 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Boise District | BROOKS |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 182 acres | Boise District | LITTLE BAJA |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Boise District | SUNK |
| 4 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 51 acres | Boise District | SWAN CURVW |
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swan Falls in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2007: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Falls | - | The co-op observer at the Idaho Power Station at Swan Falls reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 64 MPH. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Swan Falls | - | A low pressure system with an assocciated cold front was moving through the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mora | 15.1 miles | 16 | |
| Owyhee | 15.3 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 15.5 miles | 16 | |
| Kuna | 17.4 miles | 16 | |
| Leone | 18.8 miles | 15 | |
| Orchard | 19.1 miles | 16 | |
| Blacks Creek | 20.5 miles | 16 | |
| Regina | 22.7 miles | 18 |
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 Swan Falls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q121364019 | 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 376284. 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.









