Swink, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fort Towson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74761. The Survey maps it on the Swink quadrangle. 65 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 492 feet above sea level.
On record in Swink
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Chief's Houselisted 1971
Population over time
2 figuresSwink fell from 66 to 65 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 66 | |
| 2020 | 65 | -1 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Alikchi quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Swink quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Swink between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,886 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 28 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10359 |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10539 |
| 3 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10267 |
| 29 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10207 |
| 28 August 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10192 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Swink: 1 past producer. 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 |
Storms near this place
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swink in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swink | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto the N 4420 Road. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swink | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree onto Highway 70. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swink | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Swink | - | Heavy rain caused water to flow over a county road northeast of Swink. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swink | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Swink | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Swink | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Swink | - | no account filed |
| January 2010 | Hail | Swink | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Swink | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Towson | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| West Fort Towson | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Huskey | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sawyer | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| High Hill | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Frogville | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Virgil | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Fallon | 11.5 miles | 9 |
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 Swink | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2915144 | 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 1098700. 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.
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.







