Swampton, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Royalton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41464. It stands on Little Half Mountain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salyersville South quadrangle. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Salyersville South quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Salyersville South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
260 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Swampton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 6,953 acres in total. None started naturally. 44 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 116 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 41 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIG LICK |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JIM ARNETT BRANCH |
| 23 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SKAGGS |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DANNY BLANTON RD |
| 13 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Swampton: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burning Fork Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swampton in 2 storm reports in 2019: 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Flood | Swampton | $75,000 | A local media affiliate reported flooding throughout the county, including on Kentucky Highway 7 at Puncheon. |
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Swampton | $15,000 | Department of Highway officials reported a massive mudslide on Kentucky Highway 7 south of Salyersville near Kentucky Highway 1766. The entire hill over the road gave way due to persistent rainfall, resulting in power lines becoming entangled in trees and forcing an extended closure of the highway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalton | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Marshallville | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Sublett | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Skaggs (historical) | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Galdia | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Carver | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Gypsy | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Gapville | 3.4 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 Swampton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7653394 | 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 509170. 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.







