BlockLyons, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Stilwell West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74960. It stands on Hanging Dog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stilwell West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1898 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1905 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Stilwell West quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
791 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 791 fires within 5 miles of Lyons between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,661 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 443 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 | 443 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 |
| Debris and open burning | 117 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | 30549A |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | CMS#1 |
| 7 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cherokee Nation Tribe | 30513A |
| 3 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | NE30393 |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | DUMP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyons in 1 storm report in 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Lyons | $50,000 | This is the first segment of a two segment tornado. The tornado developed just west of Stilwell City Lake. It moved east-northeast toward Blanch, and then northeast across the west and north sides of Stilwell. The tornado moved across Fairfield and then turned east-northeast before crossing into Washington County, Arkansas. Many trees were uprooted and some were snapped by this tornado, homes were damaged, outbuildings were destroyed, and power poles were blown down. A tornadic debris signature was noted from the KSRX WSR-88D. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanch | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cherry Tree | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Zion | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Rocky Mountain | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Bunch | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Greasy | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Stilwell | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Stony Point | 6.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100600. 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.