BlockSwedeburg, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Stocking Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68066. The Survey maps it on the Wahoo East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1899 USGS Wahoo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wahoo East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Swedeburg between 2006 and 2020, burning about 194 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2006 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swedeburg in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swedeburg | - | Personal weather station measured wind gust of 58 mph. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swedeburg | - | Personal weather station measured wind gust of 58 mph. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swedeburg | - | Public reported trees snapped and other debris scatter around. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Swedeburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Swedeburg | - | 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Swedeburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17595139 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 835460. 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.