BlockSwan River, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Creston-Bigfork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59911. It lies near Deer Island. The Survey maps it on the Bigfork quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Swan River
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Swan River Community Halllisted 2002
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Bigfork quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Bigfork quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Bigfork quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
207 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Swan River (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96 |
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | SOUTH WHITETAIL |
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | BEAR CREEK |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | RIPPLING WATERS ROAD |
| 7 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 4 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | EAST ECHO LAKE |
| 24 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | MILE MRK 29 HWY 35 |
| 23 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | UPPER JEWEL BASIN RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan River | 0.0 miles | 12 | |
| Negro Prairie (historical) | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mud Lake (historical) | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bear Creek Village | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Bigfork | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Holt | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Creston | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Jessup | 9.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1796158. 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.