Lyman, South Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Rex Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57569. The Survey maps it on the Lyman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Lyman quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Chamberlain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
17 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Lyman between 2000 and 2020, burning about 687 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STEWART # 2 |
| 5 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 161 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | STEWART N BARTHLOW |
| 19 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Kennebec Volunteer Fire Department | DEJONGS |
| 8 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SE LYMAN FIRE |
| 30 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KENNOBIE BALE |
| 25 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 232 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LYMAN CA |
| 25 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 232 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HICKEY |
| 23 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 1 90 TIRE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyman in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 12 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Hail | Lyman | - | A trained spotter reported hen egg to tennis ball-sized hail near Lyman. The time was estimated based on radar. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | Sixty-five mph winds downed several large tree branches. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | Sixty mph winds rolled several hay bales. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | Seventy mph winds were estimated by the public. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | A semi trailer was overturned on Interstate-90 west of Lyman by seventy mph winds. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Lyman | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennebec | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Reliance | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Council House | 15.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lower Brule | 16.0 miles | 8 | |
| Presho | 17.0 miles | 6 | |
| Oacoma | 19.1 miles | 11 | |
| Iona | 28.7 miles | 11 | |
| Vivian | 29.5 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1265286. 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.




