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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.

Swan Lake within Holt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

1 since 2016

Regional 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 use1

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
17 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holt County

Storms near this place

53 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2004HailSwan Lake$8,000no account filed
June 2009HailSwan Lake$5,000no account filed
May 2008HailSwan Lake$1,000A volunteer fireman reported windows broken out of his home by the hail and the ground was completely covered.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindSwan Lake$1,000Tree branches down.
May 2008HailSwan Lake$1,000no account filed
September 2013Thunderstorm WindSwan Lake$500Several trees were blown down near Swan Lake. The largest tree was about 10 inches in diameter.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSwan Lake-Thunderstorm wind gust, estimated at 60 MPH was reported at this location.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSwan Lake-Six to seven inch diameter tree branches down.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSwan Lake-Public estimated 70 mph wind gusts near Amelia.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSwan Lake-Public estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
May 2016HailSwan Lake-Quarter sized hail along with gusty winds reported.
July 2014Flash FloodSwan Lake-Minor road washouts of 6 to 8 inches reported on county roads from 25 miles to 37 miles southeast of Bassett.
July 2014Heavy RainSwan Lake-Twenty four hour rainfall total.
July 2014Heavy RainSwan Lake-Twenty four hour rainfall total.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSwan Lake-Local Law enforcement reported power outage.
July 2013HailSwan Lake-Hail covered the ground.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindSwan Lake-Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011HailSwan Lake-Cooperative observer reported baseball sized hail.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindSwan Lake-A Cooperative Observer estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts at Swan Lake.
October 2010HailSwan Lake-Public reported pea to quarter size hail along with very heavy rain.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindSwan Lake-The NWS cooperative weather observer reported wind gusts in excess of 60 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSwan Lake-A cooperative observer reported wind gusts in excess of 60 mph along with brief heavy rain.
June 2022HailSwan Lake-no account filed
September 2019HailSwan Lake-no account filed
April 2018HailSwan Lake-no account filed
July 2018HailSwan Lake-no account filed
June 2018HailSwan Lake-no account filed
June 2017HailSwan Lake-no account filed
June 2017HailSwan Lake-no account filed
June 2017HailSwan Lake-no account filed
April 2017HailSwan Lake-no account filed
August 2017HailSwan Lake-no account filed
August 2017HailSwan Lake-no account filed
October 2017HailSwan Lake-no account filed
July 2017HailSwan Lake-no account filed
May 2016HailSwan Lake-no account filed
May 2016HailSwan Lake-no account filed
May 2016HailSwan Lake-no account filed
May 2016HailSwan Lake-no account filed
August 2014HailSwan Lake-no account filed
June 2014HailSwan Lake-no account filed
June 2014HailSwan Lake-no account filed
June 2014HailSwan Lake-no account filed
May 2012HailSwan Lake-no account filed
April 2012HailSwan Lake-no account filed
September 2010HailSwan Lake-no account filed
October 2010HailSwan Lake-no account filed
October 2010HailSwan Lake-no account filed
October 2010HailSwan Lake-no account filed
May 2004HailSwan Lake-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindSwan Lake-no account filed
July 2000HailSwan Lake-no account filed
August 1995HailSwan Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Holt 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
Amelia7.4 miles10
Inez8.4 miles9
Chambers14.7 miles10
Emmet24.0 miles10
Atkinson25.0 miles9
O'Neill28.1 miles11
Inman30.0 miles10
Stuart30.3 miles10

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.