Swanpond, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Barbourville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40906. It stands on Swan Pond Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barbourville quadrangle.
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.
- 1886 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Barbourville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Barbourville quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
244 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Swanpond between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,232 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 49 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 | 127 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PERMAN ROAD |
| 29 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 63 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SWAN LAKE |
| 23 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BULL RUN F |
| 16 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swanpond in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swanpond | $1,000 | A tree was blown down along south KY Route 11 near Swanpond. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swanpond | - | Dispatch reported a tree downed on Taylor Lane southeast of Barbourville. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swanpond | - | Several trees down along Highways 1803 and 718 on the outskirts of Barbourville. |
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 | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Apple Grove (historical) | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Davis Bend (historical) | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Providence | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Boone Heights | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Barbourville | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Artemus | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Brush Creek (historical) | 3.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509172. 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.









