Lyman, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Kiowa precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69352. The Survey maps it on the Lyman quadrangle. 259 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,049 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLyman fell from 341 to 259 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 | 341 | |
| 2020 | 259 | -82 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1899 USGS Goshen Hole quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Lyman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Lyman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Lyman between 2003 and 2020, burning about 562 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 April 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 300 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyman in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 14 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Lyman | $50,000 | Very heavy rain fell over western Scotts Bluff county with rainfall amounts from 2 to 4 inches common...as high as 4.6 inches measured 6 miles south of Lyman, Neb. The rain producedsome flooding on the Stegall highway as well as washed out some county roads. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lyman | - | The public reported quarter sized hail in Lyman. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | Trained spotter estimated wind gusts of 50-60 mph. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Lyman | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was observed at Lyman. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | The public reported a grain bin blown down as well as tree branches. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Lyman | - | Roadways under water in Lyman. Highway 92 west of Morrill closed to flooding. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lyman | - | 3/4 to 1 3/4 inch hail fell reported over much of western Scotts Bluff county, with the hardest hitarea around Lyman, Neb. About 800 acres of beets were damaged and about 400 acres of dry beans were reported lost. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sears | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Joyce | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Caldwell (historical) | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Hartman | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Janise | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Henry | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Stegall | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| South Morrill | 5.9 miles | 14 |
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 Lyman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1917881 | 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 830973. 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.




