Swenson, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Aspermont North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79502. The Survey maps it on the Swenson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Swenson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Aspermont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Swenson between 2005 and 2018, burning about 452 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARDITCH GRASS FIRE |
| 22 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGH LINE CROSS ARM FIRE |
| 31 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COMANCHE RIDGE RANCH(REKINDLE) |
| 7 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POSSIBLE MCMEANS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Swenson: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martindale-1 | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Maury-1 | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Wilde-1 | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swenson in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 9 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2003 | Hail | Swenson | $50,000 | The Stonewall County Sheriff's Office reported baseball size hail. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Swenson | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swenson | $20,000 | The broadcast media relayed reports of thunderstorm wind damage to a farmstead in western Stonewall County during the evening of the 12th. A hay barn was destroyed and a grain silo sustained minor damage along U.S. Highway 82 west of Swenson. Event times are estimated based on archived Doppler radar imagery. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swenson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Swenson | - | A report was received on mPing of ping pong ball size hail near Swenson. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Swenson | - | A report from mPING was received of quarter size hail just south of the King County / Stonewall County line along US Highway 83. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Swenson | - | The Sheriff's Office in Stonewall County reported quarter size hail along US Highway 83 north of Aspermont. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Swenson | - | Dime- to golf ball-size hail was reported in northern Stonewall County. No significant damage was observed. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Swenson | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Swenson | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Swenson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peacock | 4.9 miles | 6 | |
| Aspermont | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Double Mountain | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| Oriana (historical) | 7.3 miles | 6 | |
| Geneview | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Sandlin | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Old Glory | 14.6 miles | 9 | |
| Red Bluff Crossing | 15.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1369480. 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.


