Swanville, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Swanville City. It lies in ZIP code area 56382. The Survey maps it on the Swanville quadrangle. 326 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,181 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1950 USGS Swanville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Swanville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Swanville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,167 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Swanville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eilers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Loven Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swanville in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swanville | - | A power line was blown down in Swanville. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swanville | - | Several dozen trees and a few corn fields were damaged in far western Morrison County, probably due to downburst or rear flank downdraft winds associated with the end of the Pillsbury tornado. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Swanville | - | Tornado briefly entered Morrison County after having tracked through Todd County for nearly 3 miles. About two dozen trees were snapped or pushed over before the tornado dissipated. This tornado was associated with the storm that produced downburst damage from 1455 to 1505 from 9 NE Browerville to 5 N Swanville. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swanville | - | The same downburst that hit east central Todd County from 1455 to 1505 (and was associated with the storm that also produced a tornado from 1500 to 1505) then briefly entered west central Morrison County. After a short distance, it weakened, but not before several dozen trees were toppled and causing minor damage to outbuildings. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swanville | - | Few trees uprooted. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Swanville | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Swanville | - | 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.
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 Swanville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2227040 | 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 652916. 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.





