BlockSwan Lake, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carnegie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73048. It stands on Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alfalfa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Carnegie quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Alfalfa quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Anadarko quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Swan Lake between 1998 and 2017, burning about 202 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | YEAHQUO |
| 30 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Anadarko Agency | KARDOKUS SLOUGH |
| 1 July 2006 | Fireworks | under an acre | Concho Field Office | FLATS |
| 30 June 2009 | Natural | 25 acres | Anadarko Agency | KING DOG |
| 28 May 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | WILKIE |
| 16 February 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Anadarko Agency | STATE PARK |
| 22 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | ALFALFA 1270 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Swan Lake: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 1098680. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.