BlockLyons, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65536. It stands on Hay Branch. The Survey maps it on the Drew quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1943 USGS Drynob quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Drew quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Drynob quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Drew quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Lyons between 1992 and 2017, burning about 635 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 were 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | NEW HOME CHURCH |
| 7 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 107 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | COBB |
| 8 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 43 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 47 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
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 Lyons: 4 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 - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 754425. 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.