Lyona, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66441. The Survey maps it on the Woodbine quadrangle.
On record in Lyona
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Staatz Houselisted 2005 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Parkerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Parkerville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Woodbine quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Council Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Lyona between 2010 and 2018, burning about 8,726 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 burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,000 acres | Kansas Counties | SKIDDY WEST ROAD |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 84 |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 53 |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 51 |
| 16 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 62 |
| 10 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 58 |
| 10 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 57 |
| 31 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | Kansas Counties | WOLF ROAD |
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 Lyona: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbine Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyona in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 3 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyona | - | Building damage reported 1.5 miles southwest of Rock Spring Ranch where a home weather station measured a wind gust of 78 mph. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Lyona | - | Delayed report of hail upwards of ping-pong balls. Some damage to vehicles and crops. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Lyona | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Lyona | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbine | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pearl | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Shady Brook | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Chapman | 9.2 miles | 17 | |
| Enterprise | 10.5 miles | 17 | |
| Navarre | 10.5 miles | 15 | |
| Detroit | 11.5 miles | 17 | |
| Herington | 13.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484795. 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.





