Lyndon, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Buckskin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45681. It stands on North Fork Buckskin Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Salem quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1917 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS South Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS South Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS South Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
7 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Lyndon between 2007 and 2020, burning about 40 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2016 | Other causes | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4949 |
| 22 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15941 |
| 10 November 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 October 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 October 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 739 shownMuseums hold 739 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lyndon between 1898 and 1975: 466 Animalia, 227 Fungi, 38 Plantae, 8 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14505, 14519, 14555 and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Lecidea coarctata (Turner) Nyl. | 1914 | Bruce Fink | Bainbridge |
![]() | Clavaria striata Pers. | 1930 | Cooke, William Bridge | Jones Hill |
![]() | Heterosternuta wickhami (Zaitzev, 1908) | 1898 | Scott O'Dee | |
| Fungus Adanson ex O.Kuntze, 1898 | 1908 | E. T. Harper & S. A. Harper | ||
![]() | Andropogon gerardi Vitman | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Asplenium rhizophyllum L. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | "Caves" Paint Creek |
![]() | Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
![]() | Cinna arundinacea L. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Panel Creek |
![]() | Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Careo, Paint Creek |
![]() | Diarrhena americana P.Beauv. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Point Creek |
![]() | Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. | 1910 | Hopkins, L.S. | Paint Creek |
All 739 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lyndon: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Greenfield Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms nearby
2 since 1999The National Weather Service names Lyndon in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyndon | $15,000 | A barn was blown down on equipment that was housed inside of it. A grain bin was blown off of its foundation at the same location. A garage was destroyed, as well as siding and roofing being peeled off of a residence. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyndon | $5,000 | A semi truck was knocked over on State Route 28 near Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Salem | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Thornton (historical) | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Harper | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| New Salem (historical) | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Thrifton | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Fruitdale | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Humboldt | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lattaville | 5.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061454. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.























