BlockLyonville, South Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lyon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57355. The Survey maps it on the Lyonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1941 USGS Kimball North quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Kimball North quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Lyonville quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Lyonville between 2006 and 2009, burning about 142 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 | 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 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 120 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Storms near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyonville in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 hail, 3 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyonville | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 mph damaged a portion of the roof on a farm shed, as well as damaged siding on a home. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lyonville | $10,000 | Several cars were damaged by falling hail. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyonville | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station 12 miles north of Kimball. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Lyonville | - | Photo of large hail sent on social media. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyonville | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Lyonville | - | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Hail | Lyonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lyonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Lyonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lyonville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimball | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Pukwana | 13.1 miles | 10 | |
| Grass Ranch Colony | 16.6 miles | 8 | |
| Grosse | 17.1 miles | 11 | |
| Chamberlain | 19.6 miles | 11 | |
| Eagle | 22.0 miles | 8 | |
| Ola | 23.0 miles | 8 | |
| Grandview | 23.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1261119. 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.