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Swan, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Swan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65759. It lies near Hodge Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Garrison quadrangle.

Swan within Taney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Swan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,568 acres in total. None started naturally. 46 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
Arson/incendiarism46
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresMark Twain National ForestH HIGHWAY
10 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 June 1994Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
7 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 May 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMark Twain National ForestBLUE RIDGE
4 May 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMark Twain National ForestEARLY MORNING
7 April 2013Debris and open burning16 acresMark Twain National ForestFORT BALD
7 April 2001Arson/incendiarism490 acresMark Twain National ForestBRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taney County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Swan: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taney County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swan in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2012: 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2009Tornado (EF1)Swan$500,000A tornado touched down in rural sections of the county and caused damage to a home and numerous outbuildings on Essray Road. Intense tree damage also occurred as the tornado tracked into southeastern Christian County.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindSwan$10,000A newly constructed barn was destroyed near Essary and Middleton Roads.

Every storm recorded in Taney County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Ameera (historical)2.6 miles13
Taneyville4.0 miles14
Dickens4.7 miles14
McFarland (historical)6.0 miles14
Long Beach7.0 miles14
Merriam Woods7.7 miles14
Shepherd of the Hills Estates7.7 miles14
Kissee Mills7.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 752451. 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.