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Lyndon, Kansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Valley Brook Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66451. It stands on Willow Brook. The Survey maps it on the Lyndon quadrangle. 1,037 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.

Lyndon within Osage County

On record in Lyndon

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Lyndon fell from 1,052 to 1,037 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,052
20201,037-15 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

56 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Lyndon between 2014 and 2020, burning about 2,409 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9

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
1 July 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service145
8 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
8 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service94
8 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOsage County170105
5 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresKansas Forest Service91
28 April 2018Debris and open burning30 acresKansas Forest Service142
28 April 2018Debris and open burning100 acresKansas Forest Service143
24 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service132

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

60 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyndon in 70 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 30 hail, 28 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 2 funnel cloud. 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
November 1998Flash FloodLyndon$400,000no account filed
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Lyndon$100,000The roof of a residence was lifted and dropped back onto the frame of the house. A large antenna that was cemented into the ground was blown over, which tore the cement block from the ground. Windows were blown out on the southern and northern sides of the house. Debris from the residence was carried approximately 100 yards away. A large, three car garage was partially destroyed just before the tornado lifted. A piece of the roof of the garage fell onto and damaged the motor home inside. Debris from the garage was carried nearly 100 yards and across a street to the Vassar Cemetary. There, one headstone was toppled.
June 2007Flash FloodLyndon$100,000Hwy 68 from Hwy 268 to Hwy 75 was flooded. At least 6 inches of fast flowing water reprted over Stubbs road. Fast flowing water also over several highways in the Quenemo area.
September 2005Heavy RainLyndon$100,000Urban and street flooding in and around Lyndon.
October 1998Flash FloodLyndon$25,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindLyndon$5,000Strong winds blew trees down on power lines knocking out power for a time.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindLyndon$5,000High winds damaged some outbuildings near a farm.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindLyndon$4,000Strong winds blew shutters off of a house.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLyndon$3,000no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLyndon$2,000Strong winds blew down billboards.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindLyndon$2,000Strong winds damaged a roof and destroyed a storage shed.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindLyndon$2,000Strong winds downed power lines near Lyndon.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLyndon-Estimated wind gusts in the town of Lyndon.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLyndon-Estimated gust of 70 mph.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindLyndon-Semi was blown over. Time was estimated from radar.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindLyndon-Tree fell through a house. Time was estimated from radar.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindLyndon-Estimated wind speeds of 60-70 mph.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindLyndon-Barn sheds were blown over. Time was estimated from radar.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindLyndon-Power lines were reported down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLyndon-Wind gusts estimated.
July 2015Flash FloodLyndon-Water running over hwy K-68 approximately 1.5 miles east of the US hwy 75 intersection.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLyndon-Tree limbs up to 2 inch in diameter down out of a 3-year old maple. Brief gusty winds around 50 to 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLyndon-A trained spotter near Lyndon reported a 60 mph wind gust.
May 2010HailLyndon-There was a brief period of nickel sized hail.
May 2008HailLyndon-Hail stones nearly covering the street. A second spotter report received noted taht hail was beginning to pile up against his home.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLyndon-Significant tree damage was reported. The siding was peeled off a portion of a mobile home. At the same residence, the roof was torn from a metal outbuilding. Debris from each was carried approximately 50 yards away. Power lines and power poles were down in several locations along the path.
July 2008HailLyndon-Hail damaged vehicle at the spotter's home and some crops. No cost estimates were provided.
June 2008HailLyndon-Via nssl shave project.
October 2007Flash FloodLyndon-Water was reported to be flowing over Berryton Rd. east of Lyndon. Water was also reported to be flowing over Shawnee Heights Rd. south of Overbrook at 165th and 173rd. A storm spotter in Quenemo reported 1.75 of rain, while another reported 3.5 in Scranton.
February 2007HailLyndon-Pea to Penny sized hail, and extremely heavy rain falling at time of observation. Frequent lightning.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLyndon-Power lines down in Lyndon.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindLyndon-Small hail covered the ground.
July 2004Flash FloodLyndon-Several rural roads in Osage county had up to 10 inches of water over them for a time.
May 2004Funnel CloudLyndon-A funnel cloud was sighted west of Lyndon.
May 2004Funnel CloudLyndon-A funnel cloud was sighted near Lyndon.
August 2003LightningLyndon-Lightning set some pastures on fire north of Lyndon.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindLyndon-Power lines and several trees were knocked down.
March 1993HailLyndon-Hail from 0.75-inch to golfball-size did minor damage to cars across parts of Osage County
April 2026HailLyndon-no account filed
April 2026HailLyndon-no account filed
September 2020HailLyndon-no account filed
June 2017HailLyndon-no account filed
June 2017HailLyndon-no account filed
June 2017HailLyndon-no account filed
May 2013HailLyndon-no account filed
April 2011HailLyndon-no account filed
May 2011HailLyndon-no account filed
February 2009Thunderstorm WindLyndon-no account filed
March 2009HailLyndon-no account filed
May 2007HailLyndon-no account filed
August 2005HailLyndon-no account filed
May 2004HailLyndon-no account filed
July 2004HailLyndon-no account filed
August 2004HailLyndon-no account filed
March 2003HailLyndon-no account filed
May 2003HailLyndon-no account filed
May 2003HailLyndon-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLyndon-no account filed
August 2003HailLyndon-no account filed
March 2002HailLyndon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osage 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
Lyndon Station2.2 miles15
Vassar4.2 miles15
Melvern7.5 miles16
Osage City7.7 miles14
Peterton8.3 miles14
Quenemo8.6 miles14
Olivet9.6 miles17
Michigan Valley9.7 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 LyndonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q568451The 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 479609. 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.

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.