BlockLyman, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Oak Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56527. The Survey maps it on the Wrightstown quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wrightstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
22 words on this townshipOtter Tail County, Minnesota, in the World War;, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Oak Valley Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Oak Valley Township - 22 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lyman between 2003 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyman in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Lyman | $40,000 | Several large trees were snapped off or blown over along a roughly one mile path. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Lyman | - | Hail up to the size of dimes fell across portions of Compton Township. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Lyman | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | Numerous oak and pine trees were blown down or snapped across southern Compton and northern Oak Valley townships. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Lyman | - | A weak funnel cloud was visible near the intersection of highways 210 and 29. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lyman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Wrightstown | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bluffton | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Almora | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| West Wind Estates | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Topelius (historical) | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Henning | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Heinola | 11.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654808. 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.