Swift, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Moranville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56763. The Survey maps it on the Swift quadrangle. It stands 1,083 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1918 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Swift quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
97 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Swift between 1993 and 2020, burning about 935 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 29 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 | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2011 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | 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 Swift: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Pit and Mill No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swift in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2008 | Hail | Swift | $5,000 | Several large tree branches were also blown down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swift | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swift | - | A large number of trees were severely damaged across northern Laona Township. Mature pine trees were snapped off midway up. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Swift | - | A funnel cloud was reported south of Warroad. |
| August 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Swift | - | Tornado number three of a series appeared to have had an intermittent track for nearly 8 miles and ended in Lake of the Woods county. Debris fallout from the Warroad area was noted along an east by southeast path along with large broken tree branches and swirled crop swathes. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| July 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Swift | - | A tornado touchdown was reported by the Roseau sheriff's office. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swift | - | Tree Damage. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Swift | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Swift | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Swift | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Star Court | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Warroad | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Roosevelt | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Roosevelt Park | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Longworth | 11.7 miles | 10 | |
| Enstrom Estates | 18.5 miles | 8 | |
| Salol | 18.5 miles | 8 | |
| Winner | 21.1 miles | 6 |
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 Swift | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7655983 | 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 652953. 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.






