Swanlake, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the South Bannock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83281. It stands on Swan Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle. It stands 4,783 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Malad City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Swanlake between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,744 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 201 acres | Idaho Falls District | FRANKLIN COUNTY ASSIST 1 |
| 27 August 1999 | Natural | 46 acres | Idaho Falls District | SWAN LAKE |
| 26 August 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | FOX HOLLOW |
| 16 August 1998 | Natural | 25 acres | Idaho Falls District | SWAN |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | CEDAR KNOLL |
| 15 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | HEART |
| 8 July 2018 | Natural | 230 acres | Idaho Falls District | OXFORD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Swanlake: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Tungsten, Cobalt, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatch Prospect | Copper, Tungsten, Cobalt | Prospect | ||
| Old Mine Workings | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Hatch Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swanlake in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Flood | Swanlake | $25,000 | Extensive rainfall through the month caused flooding in Swanlake near Swan Lake. Several homes had 2 to 3 inches of water with one basement completely full with water. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swanlake | - | The Swanlake mesonet station on US highway 91 recorded a 68 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Swanlake | - | Some water over the road on Highway 91 near Swanlake. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Swanlake | - | One and a quarter inch hail measured in Swanlake. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Swanlake | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Swanlake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Lake | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Red Rock Junction | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Zenda | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Downata Hot Springs | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Downey | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Cambridge | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Virginia | 15.2 miles | 10 | |
| Marsh Valley | 16.3 miles | 10 |
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 Swanlake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7653593 | 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 391736. 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.
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.



