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Lyman, Utah

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Loa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84749. It lies near Lime Kill Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Lyman quadrangle. 196 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,182 feet above sea level.

Lyman within Wayne County

Population over time

2 figures

Lyman fell from 258 to 196 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010258
2020196-62 (-24%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Lyman between 1992 and 2018, burning about 39 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Firearms and explosives use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
4 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestBRISTLECONE
2 August 2002Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeFREMONTBEN
7 July 2001Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestSADDLE PASS
28 July 2003Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestBURNT SPRINGS
25 July 2012Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestBLIND LAKE
23 July 2014Natural34 acresRichfield Field OfficeBELL ROCK
22 July 2008Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestCEDAR CREEK
19 July 1997Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestJUDD'S MILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Lyman: 11 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Allred Point Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAndesite, Basalt, Clay
Allred Point Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Big Hollow Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Big Hollow Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dry Valley Gravel Pit # 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAndesite, Basalt
Dry Valley Gravel Pit # 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAndesite, Basalt
Dry Valley Gravel Pit No.1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Graveyard Hollow Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAndesite, Basalt
Graveyard Hollow Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rabbit Valley Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyman in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2017: 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Flash FloodLyman$20,000Heavy rain in Lyman led to a canal breach. Water then flowed into the basement of a home, with water as deep as 8 feet. The basement was seriously damaged, and the personal property inside the basement was a total loss.
July 2017Flash FloodLyman-Widespread heavy rain across Capitol Reef National Park caused flash flooding in many drainages, particularly in Cathedral Valley and along Sulphur Creek.
June 2009Flash FloodLyman-A visitor to Capitol Reef National Park reported a flash flood in the Cathedral Valley area of the park after a brief period of heavy rain.
August 2001HailLyman-A severe thunderstorm brought 1 3/4 inch diameter hail to the town of Lyman.

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Loa2.9 miles18
Fremont4.5 miles19
Bicknell4.6 miles18
Teasdale9.7 miles22
Torrey11.3 miles22
Grover17.2 miles22
Fruita19.7 miles20
Notom27.4 miles20

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 LymanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482704The 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 1430020. 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.

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.