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Swan, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tyler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75706. The Survey maps it on the Tyler North quadrangle.

Swan within Smith County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

309 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 309 fires within 5 miles of Swan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,448 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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
Debris and open burning178
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Arson/incendiarism21
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural2

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
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS/WOODS
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY RD 46
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service46 CURVE FIRE
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 578
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 519
29 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 120

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Smith County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Swan: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lindale PitsFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Bell Dredge & PitSilicaProducer
Stricklin Dredge & PitSilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Smith County

Storms near this place

14 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swan in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2010Flash FloodSwan1 hurt, $3,000Excessive heavy rainfall opened up a sinkhole along County Road 1130 that was nearly 20 foot deep. A vehicle was seen lodged halfway inside the sinkhole. Thee was in injury reported at the scene.
June 2023HailSwan-Tennis ball size hail reported via social media in the Swan community.
August 2021Flash FloodSwan-Numerous roads were flooded in the city of Tyler.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindSwan-Tree down on County Road 468.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindSwan-Multiple trees were downed near Tyler Pipe in the Swan community.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindSwan-The roof was blown off of a carport on Keystone Drive. A tree was blown down as well.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindSwan-The roof was blown off of a barn at the intersection of County Roads 428 and 429.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindSwan-Trees and power lines were blown down at the intersection of FM 3271 and Reno Road.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindSwan-A tree was blown down on a mobile home at Keystone Drive and Yucca Lane.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindSwan-Several hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted near Mesa Drive and Mohave Drive.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindSwan-A few shingles were blown off of the roof at the Hopewell Valley Baptist Church on County Road 429.
April 2016HailSwan-Golf ball size hail fell 2.5 miles north of Tyler along Highway 69.
June 2010Flash FloodSwan-Hwy. 69 north was closed just north of Loop 323 and it remained closed to all north-bound and south -bound traffic.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindSwan-Winds recorded by trained spotter.

Every storm recorded in Smith 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
Wood Springs3.4 miles15
Thedford3.8 miles15
Shady Grove4.5 miles15
New Harmony5.4 miles15
Mount Sylvan5.6 miles15
Sand Flat5.8 miles15
Pine Springs5.9 miles15
Bostick6.0 miles15

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 SwanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3470494The 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 1348110. 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.