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Lyle, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Weogufka-Marble Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35136. The Survey maps it on the Flag Mountain quadrangle.

Lyle within Coosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

111 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Lyle between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,046 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 25 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 burning41
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
8 September 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Smoking20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism98 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-25
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Lyle: 9 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Graphite, Tin, Feldspar, Mica, Tin, Uranium. 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
Coosa-Chilton DistrictGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast ProducerBEDDED
Fixico MineGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast Producer1898
Prospect Number Twenty-EightFeldspar, Mica, Tin, UraniumProspect
Unnamed OccurrenceUranium, GraphiteOccurrence1974
Weogufka Creek ProspectKyaniteOccurrence
Prospect Number Twenty-SevenTinOccurrence
Two Bits ProspectTinOccurrence
Fixico MineGraphitePast Producer
Jesse Little MineGraphitePast Producer
Cowart No 1 MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Coosa County

Storms near this place

1 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyle in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026Thunderstorm WindLyle-Trees were downed at multiple locations along County Road 29.

Every storm recorded in Coosa 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
Hillwood2.9 miles14
Moriah3.2 miles14
Kellys Crossroads3.5 miles14
Weogufka (historical)4.2 miles14
Dollar4.8 miles13
Travelers Rest4.8 miles14
Richville5.2 miles14
Bentleyville6.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156642. 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.