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Sweden, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Brown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65608. It stands on Planer Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sweden quadrangle.

Sweden within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Sweden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,909 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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 burning39
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use6

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
30 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 August 2020Debris and open burning8.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230874-03401-08162020-1556
16 August 2001Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2000Equipment and vehicle use50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas 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 Sweden: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Hare LandIronPast Producer
Trappist Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

16 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sweden in 16 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 9 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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
April 2019Flash FloodSweden1 killedHeavy rainfall across portions of Douglas County caused Hunter Creek to rise quickly out of its banks during the late evening of April 30th and continued into May 1st. Nearly 7.00 inches of rain fall across portions of the Hunter Creek basin. A 59 year old male was camping in the Vera Cruz Conservation Area and was overtaken by flood waters during the night.
June 2024Flash FloodSweden-State Highway AB and County Road AB 223 was closed due to flooding of Bryant Creek.
November 2024Tornado (EF0)Sweden-An NWS storm survey determined that a brief tornado downed small limbs.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSweden-A large tree was reported down on Highway P blocking traffic.
April 2022HailSweden-Quarter sized hail was reported.
May 2020Flash FloodSweden-Highway AB at the Vera Cruz Access of Hunter Creek was impassable due to flooding.
May 2011Flash FloodSweden-Law enforcement reported several low water crossing flooded throughout Douglas County.
July 2010Flash FloodSweden-Flash flooding occurred along Highway P southeast of Ava in between Highway 14 and Highway N.
May 2018HailSweden-no account filed
May 2018HailSweden-no account filed
May 2018HailSweden-no account filed
May 2018HailSweden-no account filed
March 2017HailSweden-no account filed
May 2016HailSweden-no account filed
April 2011HailSweden-no account filed
March 2010HailSweden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Rippee (historical)1.9 miles13
Vera Cruz2.5 miles13
Evans3.4 miles13
Cheney3.7 miles13
Hilo (historical)4.7 miles14
Girdner4.8 miles14
Silverton5.4 miles14
Larissa5.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 758451. 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.