Lyon Manor, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lyon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48653. It lies near Flynn Island. The Survey maps it on the Lyon Manor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Lyon Manor quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Lyon Manor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GERRISH TOWNSHIP FIRE AND EMS 19414 - 2019 |
| 7 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DORT 2 - CRAWFORD |
| 25 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DORT 1 - CRAWFORD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lyon Manor: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halliday Sand and Gravel Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Halliday Sand and Gravel Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roscommon County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Steele Brothers Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyon Manor in 10 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyon Manor | $40,000 | About 35 large trees were downed. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyon Manor | $18,000 | Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds south of Higgins Lake. An oak tree fell on top of a mobile home along County Road 104, just west of Reserve Road. The mobile home was moderately damaged. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyon Manor | $4,000 | Trees were knocked over and power lines downed at Townline Road and West Higgins Lake Drive. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyon Manor | $3,000 | County dispatch reports multiple trees down across Roscommon county. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyon Manor | $3,000 | Several trees were downed along US-127, near the northwest shore of Higgins Lake. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lyon Manor | - | Nickel hail fell in and west of South Higgins Lake State Park. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Lyon Manor | - | Quarter sized hail near the intersection of US-127 and County Road 104. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Lyon Manor | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lyon Manor | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Lyon Manor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Higgins Lake | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sharps Corners | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Meads Landing | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Tent City | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Houghton Point | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Michelson | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Roscommon | 8.4 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122555579 | The 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 631243. 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.




