Swan Lake, Nebraska
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Swan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68711. The Survey maps it on the Swan Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Swan Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rose quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Swan Lake in 2016, burning under an 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
53 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swan Lake in 53 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 38 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Hail | Swan Lake | $8,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Swan Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Swan Lake | $1,000 | A volunteer fireman reported windows broken out of his home by the hail and the ground was completely covered. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Lake | $1,000 | Tree branches down. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Swan Lake | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Lake | $500 | Several trees were blown down near Swan Lake. The largest tree was about 10 inches in diameter. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Lake | - | Thunderstorm wind gust, estimated at 60 MPH was reported at this location. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Lake | - | Six to seven inch diameter tree branches down. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Lake | - | Public estimated 70 mph wind gusts near Amelia. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Lake | - | Public estimated 60 mph wind gusts. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | Quarter sized hail along with gusty winds reported. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Swan Lake | - | Minor road washouts of 6 to 8 inches reported on county roads from 25 miles to 37 miles southeast of Bassett. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Swan Lake | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Swan Lake | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Lake | - | Local Law enforcement reported power outage. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Lake | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | Cooperative observer reported baseball sized hail. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Lake | - | A Cooperative Observer estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts at Swan Lake. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | Public reported pea to quarter size hail along with very heavy rain. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Lake | - | The NWS cooperative weather observer reported wind gusts in excess of 60 mph. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Lake | - | A cooperative observer reported wind gusts in excess of 60 mph along with brief heavy rain. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Swan Lake | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835459. 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.
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.





