Lyons Falls, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in West Turin town. It lies in ZIP code area 13368. It stands on Moose River. The Survey maps it on the Brantingham quadrangle. 570 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Lyons Falls
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 3 records
Gould Mansion Complexlisted 1978- Pines, Thelisted 2007
- Wildwood Cemetery and Mary Lyon Fisher Memorial Chapellisted 2011
Population over time
2 figuresLyons Falls grew from 566 to 570 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 | 566 | |
| 2020 | 570 | +4 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1905 USGS Port Leyden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1907 USGS Port Leyden quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1940 USGS Port Leyden quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Brantingham quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Lyons Falls between 2002 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lyons Falls: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Leyden | Zirconium, Titanium, Iron | Prospect | 1952 | |
| Port Leyden Mine | Titanium, Metal, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Callanan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hoch Brothers Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lyonsdale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town of Leyden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West Turin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyons Falls in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Lyons Falls | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons Falls | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons Falls | $12,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons Falls | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons Falls | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons Falls | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons Falls | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down in Lyons Falls. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons Falls | $1,000 | A tree was reported down onto wires on River Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collinsville | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Goulds Mill | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Kosterville | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Shuetown | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Turin | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Port Leyden | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Lyonsdale | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Greig | 3.9 miles | 21 |
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 Lyons Falls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461494 | 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 956202. 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.









