BlockLittle Swan, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Hibbing City. It lies in ZIP code area 55746. The Survey maps it on the Little Swan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Little Swan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Little Swan between 1992 and 2017, burning about 330 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 7.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Swan in 1 storm report in 2004: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Swan | - | Trees were blown down across County Highway 5. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 661776. 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.