Swan Valley, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Swan Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83449. It stands on Oakden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Swan Valley quadrangle. 225 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,315 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSwan Valley grew from 204 to 225 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 | 204 | |
| 2020 | 225 | +21 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1932 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:96000
- 1935 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Swan Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Palisades quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Swan Valley between 1992 and 2016, burning about 562 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | PINE BASIN |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SOUTH FORK |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | RIVER |
| 14 September 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | PINECREEK |
| 10 September 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Natural | 139 acres | Idaho Falls District | WHEAT |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | INDIAN |
| 30 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | ROLLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Swan Valley: 13 prospects, 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Travertine, Limestone, General, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Creek Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Fall Creek Travertine Mine | Limestone, Ultra Pure | Producer | Travertine | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Snake River Area (Bentonite Occurrence) | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite | |
| Unnamed Hot Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Dry Fork Limestone Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Fall Creek Travertine Quarry | Travertine | Past Producer | ||
| Mineral Springs | Travertine | Occurrence | ||
| Pine Creek Limestone Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Papoose Creek Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irwin | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Palisades | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Guyaz | 16.3 miles | 13 | |
| Dehlin | 20.1 miles | 13 | |
| Poplar | 21.5 miles | 11 | |
| Keenan City (historical) | 21.8 miles | 16 | |
| Herman | 22.3 miles | 15 | |
| Caribou City (historical) | 24.7 miles | 16 |
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 Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1511174 | 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 397226. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.







