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Lyra, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Strawn-Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76475. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Strawn East quadrangle.

Lyra within Palo Pinto County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

124 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Lyra between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,527 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 use48
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRR TRACK FIRE
3 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service366MM
25 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2006Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Palo Pinto County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lyra: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Strawn Materials Davidson PitClayProducer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Palo Pinto County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Strawn1.6 miles16
Mingus2.8 miles16
Gordon5.3 miles16
Coalville7.4 miles16
Gordon Junction8.1 miles16
Metcalf Gap10.8 miles16
Lone Camp13.6 miles16
Brad13.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378625. 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.

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.