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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.

Swanlake within Bannock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

14 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined201 acresIdaho Falls DistrictFRANKLIN COUNTY ASSIST 1
27 August 1999Natural46 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSWAN LAKE
26 August 1994Natural1.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
20 August 1993Natural1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictFOX HOLLOW
16 August 1998Natural25 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSWAN
15 August 2006Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictCEDAR KNOLL
15 August 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictHEART
8 July 2018Natural230 acresIdaho Falls DistrictOXFORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bannock County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hatch ProspectCopper, Tungsten, CobaltProspect
Old Mine WorkingsSilver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Hatch ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Bannock County

Storms near this place

6 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009FloodSwanlake$25,000Extensive 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 2025Thunderstorm WindSwanlake-The Swanlake mesonet station on US highway 91 recorded a 68 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust.
January 2017FloodSwanlake-Some water over the road on Highway 91 near Swanlake.
August 2015HailSwanlake-One and a quarter inch hail measured in Swanlake.
August 2005Flash FloodSwanlake-no account filed
June 2003HailSwanlake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bannock County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Swan Lake0.5 miles13
Red Rock Junction3.8 miles9
Zenda5.3 miles10
Downata Hot Springs6.9 miles10
Downey10.2 miles10
Cambridge11.2 miles10
Virginia15.2 miles10
Marsh Valley16.3 miles10

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 SwanlakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7653593The 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.