BlockSwanwick, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Richmond Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64085. The Survey maps it on the Rayville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Rayville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Richmond township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
A Terrible Cyclone
On June 1, A. D. 1878, the city of Richmond was visited by one of the most violent and destructive cyclones that ever passed over this section of the country. Nearly every thing in its pathway was utterly demolished. Huge trees were torn up by the roots, buildings swept away, and human and animal life destroyed.
In the county-history sources
31,040 words on this townshipHistory of Ray County, Mo., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Richmond Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Richmond Township - 31,040 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Swanwick between 2002 and 2007, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 March 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Swanwick: 22 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ee Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Garner Qsuarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Green Richmond Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Cloud | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Rayville | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Richmond | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Dockery | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Elkhorn | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| New Garden | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Wood Heights | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Henrietta | 7.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741305. 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.