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Swinton, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1987. It stands in New Lisbon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63730. The Survey maps it on the Advance quadrangle.

Swinton within Stoddard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Swinton between 2018 and 2019, 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178438-10393-04032019-2015
10 December 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178034-10393-12102018-1920

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stoddard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Swinton: 17 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stoddard County

Storms near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swinton in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 2017Flash FloodSwinton$100,000A bridge was out along County Road 236 just west of Highway BB due to heavy rainfall.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindSwinton$20,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Highways K and M.
February 2025FloodSwinton-Minor flooding occurred along Highway Y from the Scott County line to Highway DD and along Highway K from Highway BB to County Road 236.
April 2017Flash FloodSwinton-Highway K was closed due to water over the roadway between Highways M and BB.
February 2007HailSwinton-A swath of large hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter tracked across north central parts of the county.

Every storm recorded in Stoddard 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
Zadock2.7 miles15
Brownwood3.7 miles17
Leora4.3 miles19
Tillman4.7 miles18
Eaglette5.0 miles19
Castorville (historical)5.1 miles11
Ardeola5.2 miles18
Advance5.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727395. 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.