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Lyon, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lyon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63068. The Survey maps it on the New Haven quadrangle.

Lyon within Franklin County

On record in Lyon

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

38 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Lyon between 2001 and 2020, burning about 112 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
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 July 2001Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 April 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation135911-03620-04172016-1204
15 April 2006Naturalunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
14 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation122098-03620-04142015-1544
1 April 2015Equipment and vehicle use15 acresMissouri Department of Conservation121682-03623-04012015-1125

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Lyon: 14 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Menner # 3Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Mueller PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unknown - ClayFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Plant # 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyon in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2003HailLyon-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail near Lyon.
August 2022HailLyon-no account filed
June 2011HailLyon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Campbellton2.1 miles20
Clover Bottom2.9 miles21
Kiel3.8 miles20
Port Hudson5.8 miles21
Dundee6.2 miles21
Beaufort6.3 miles19
Dissen6.3 miles21
Detmold6.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 721701. 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.