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Swedehome, Nebraska

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in West Pleasant Home precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68666. The Survey maps it on the Swedehome quadrangle. It stands 1,719 feet above sea level.

Swedehome within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Swedehome between 2011 and 2020, burning about 27 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 burning6
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
4 June 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 April 2011Debris and open burning10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 November 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 January 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

15 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swedehome in 15 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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 2025HailSwedehome$250,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSwedehome$75,000An unofficial wind gust of 92 MPH was measured by a mesonet site 7 miles east of Clarks. Other reports from spotters and chasers estimated wind gusts between 60 and 80 MPH in the area. Large gustnadoes were reported crossing Highway 39.
April 2015HailSwedehome$50,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSwedehome$35,000Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph, causing a roof of a shed to be partially torn off, minor tree limb damage, and portion of a pivot to be overturned.
July 2014HailSwedehome$15,000no account filed
October 2023Thunderstorm WindSwedehome-A wind gust of 65 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located seven miles east of Clarks.
August 2017Flash FloodSwedehome-Many roads were not passable due to flowing water. Street flooding was widespread in Osceola. Widespread rainfall amounts in the 4 to 8 inch range were reported, with the highest total of 8.37 inches occurring 4 miles northwest of Shelby. Roads that were closed included: County Road 130 from Road O to Road Q; County Road Q between Road 127 and Road 128; County Road M between Road 136 and Road 138, County Road T between Road 139 and Road 140, and County Road 141 between Road R and Road S. Several roads received damage. Some roads were covered in as much as four feet of water. Part of Highway 92 was also covered in water. Some schools started late or were closed due to flooding issues. Sandbagging and evacuations occurred on the east side of Osceola due to the flash flooding. The flash flood evolved into an areal flood situation that lasted until Sunday evening, August 20th.
April 2014Tornado (EF0)Swedehome-This tornado, which touched down northwest of the intersection of Highways 92 and 39 approximately 8 miles west-northwest of Osceola, was witnessed by multiple storm chasers. No damage was reported with this tornado.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Swedehome-No damage was caused by this brief tornado touchdown.
October 2001Tornado (F1)Swedehome-Tornado crossed from Polk County into Merrick County.
August 2022HailSwedehome-no account filed
May 2019HailSwedehome-no account filed
May 2018HailSwedehome-no account filed
June 2017HailSwedehome-no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSwedehome-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Stromsburg4.8 miles13
Durant4.9 miles13
Osceola6.3 miles14
Polk8.7 miles13
Shelby12.8 miles11

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 SwedehomeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17592338The 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 833993. 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.