Lyons, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Somerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77863. The Survey maps it on the Lyons quadrangle. 236 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 292 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Somerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Lyons quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
220 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Lyons between 2005 and 2020, burning about 739 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 107 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BIG CREEK PK |
| 7 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOSS OAK |
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 201 |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SNOOK MUTUAL AID |
| 4 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLYDE SMITH |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10166 TX 36S GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyons in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 13 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a tin constructed tire shop north of Somerville on Highway 36. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Lyons | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Lyons | $10,000 | Tennis ball sized hail was reported in Lyons. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Lyons | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Lyons | $10,000 | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Lyons | $2,000 | 1.00 inch hail in Lyons. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Lyons | - | Hail was reported via MPING near Lyons. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Lyons | - | Quarter sized hail occurred. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Lyons | - | Nickel sized hail was observed. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Lyons | - | Nickel sized hail was observed. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lyons | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lyons | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Lyons | - | Nickel-sized hail was reported along FM 60. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Lyons | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Line | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Somerville | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Big Creek | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Beaver Creek | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Frenstat | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Birch | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Harmony | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Merle | 6.9 miles | 9 |
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6709761 | 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 1362010. 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.



