Lyle, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lyle City. It lies in ZIP code area 55953. The Survey maps it on the Lyle quadrangle. 522 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,204 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLyle fell from 551 to 522 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 551 | |
| 2020 | 522 | -29 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lyle quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lyle in 2011, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 4894 485TH, IA |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lyle: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Falk Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pope Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
30 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyle in 30 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Lyle | $500,000 | Hardest hit by flash flooding were locations in the southern part of the county, including the communities of Adams and Lyle. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lyle | $125,000 | Golf ball sized hail fell west of Lyle. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | $55,000 | The roof was blown off an auto repair shop in Lyle destroying a car that was parked in front of the business. Trees were blown across town with at least one of them landing on top of a house. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Lyle | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | $30,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Lyle | $15,000 | This tornado originally developed in Worth County, Iowa, moved into Freeborn County, Minnesota before crossing into Mower County west of Lyle. The tornado was only on the ground for about one minute in Mower County as it moved northeast and dissipated. One farm was damaged by the tornado, otherwise, damage was limited to trees. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Lyle. Around 1,100 customers lost power. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | $10,000 | The siding and framing to an outbuilding was damaged north of Lyle. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | $6,000 | Trees and power lines were knocked down in Lyle and some penny sized hail also fell. One of the trees fell on a garage causing some minor damage. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | $3,000 | Trees, branches, and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2020 | Lightning | Lyle | $2,000 | A lightning strike started a transformer fire in Lyle that led to a power outage. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Lyle | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lyle | $750 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Lyle | - | The public reported quarter sized hail 3 miles east-northeast of Lyle. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | - | The mesonet station 4 miles north of Lyle reported a 58 mph wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | - | A mesonet station 4 miles north-northeast of Lyle measured a 65 mph wind gust. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Lyle | - | Half dollar sized hail fell in Lyle. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Lyle | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported northwest of Lyle. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lyle | - | Quarter sized hail fell west of Lyle. |
| June 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Lyle | - | A funnel cloud was sighted northeast of Lyle. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Lyle | - | Near Lyle, 2.5 inches of rain fell in less than two hours. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Lyle | - | Runoff from heavy rain caused water to go over County Road 105 south of Austin. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Lyle | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lyle | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Lyle | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Lyle | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Lyle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varco | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Rose Creek | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Johnsburg | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Austin Acres | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Austin | 11.3 miles | 9 | |
| Nicolville | 12.2 miles | 9 | |
| Adams | 12.6 miles | 8 | |
| Mapleview | 12.8 miles | 9 |
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 Lyle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2357973 | 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 647318. 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.





