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.
Population over time
2 figuresLyman 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 258 | |
| 2020 | 196 | -62 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1885 USGS Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1896 USGS Fish Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Loa 1 NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salina quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Lyman quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Loa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Lyman quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Lyman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | BRISTLECONE |
| 2 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | FREMONTBEN |
| 7 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | SADDLE PASS |
| 28 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | BURNT SPRINGS |
| 25 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | BLIND LAKE |
| 23 July 2014 | Natural | 34 acres | Richfield Field Office | BELL ROCK |
| 22 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | CEDAR CREEK |
| 19 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Fishlake National Forest | JUDD'S MILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allred Point Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Andesite, Basalt, Clay | |
| Allred Point Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Big Hollow Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Big Hollow Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dry Valley Gravel Pit # 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Andesite, Basalt | |
| Dry Valley Gravel Pit # 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Andesite, Basalt | |
| Dry Valley Gravel Pit No.1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Graveyard Hollow Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Andesite, Basalt | |
| Graveyard Hollow Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rabbit Valley Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Lyman | $20,000 | Heavy 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Lyman | - | Widespread heavy rain across Capitol Reef National Park caused flash flooding in many drainages, particularly in Cathedral Valley and along Sulphur Creek. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Lyman | - | 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 2001 | Hail | Lyman | - | A severe thunderstorm brought 1 3/4 inch diameter hail to the town of Lyman. |
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.
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 Lyman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482704 | 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 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.









