Lyons, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hodgenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40051. It stands on Murphy Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Haven quadrangle.
On record in Lyons
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.
- Dorsey Beeler Houselisted 1991 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS New Haven quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Lyons between 1997 and 2016, burning about 264 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HURST FIRE |
| 1 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Lyons: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Gap Roadcut | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyons in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Lyons | - | The LaRue emergency manager reported a 29 year old woman was swept away and drowned after driving an ATV into a swollen Otter Creek. This creek empties into the Rolling Fork River, and the accident occurred near this intersection. Although no rain gauges were located nearby, an estimated 2.5 inches of rain fell within a couple of hours at this site, with more than 3.5 upstream in Marion County. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | - | Two trees were downed along Younger Creek Road just west of New Haven. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Lyons | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athertonville | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Roanoke | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| White City (historical) | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Carter (historical) | 8.2 miles | 18 | |
| Leafdale | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Gleanings | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hodgenville | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Tonieville | 10.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 497391. 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.



