BlockLyons, North Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the East Morton unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58554. It stands on Sweetbriar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crown Butte Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Bismarck quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Crown Butte Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Glen Ullin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Lyons between 2005 and 2020, burning about 14 acres 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 | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 2020 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | JEFF OLSEN |
| 26 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | LANDFILL GRASS FIRE |
| 26 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyons in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 tornado. 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 | Tornado (EF0) | Lyons | - | Law enforcement reported this tornado. At the time it appeared as if no structures were impacted by the tornado. Follow up reports confirmed that there was no damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sweet Briar | 5.5 miles | 5 | |
| Mandan | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Meadow Park | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Frontier Homesteads | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rock Haven | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Twin City Estates | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Harmon | 11.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033878. 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.