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Lyle, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Dallesport-Klickitat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98635. It stands on Klickitat River. The Survey maps it on the Lyle quadrangle. 518 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 203 feet above sea level.

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Lyle within Klickitat County

Population over time

3 figures

Lyle fell from 530 to 518 between 2000 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
2000530
2010499-31 (-6%)
2020518+19 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

307 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of Lyle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,636 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Debris and open burning45
Equipment and vehicle use43
Railroad operations and maintenance37
Recreation and ceremony31
Fireworks23
Smoking22
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Arson/incendiarism10
Other causes8
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
9 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 September 1998Smokingunder an acreThe Dalles UnitSTATE ROAD
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.6 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROWENA CREEK
8 September 2003Smoking4.0 acresThe Dalles UnitMEMALOOSE CAMPGROUND
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSEVENMILE 2
7 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSTAR POINT
7 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaMOSIER EAST
6 September 1999Smokingunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaGOLF COURSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Klickitat County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Lyle: 22 past producers, 12 producers, 1 unknown. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Foley LakesStonePast Producer
HarveyStonePast Producer
MarshStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Foley Lakes PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Harvey PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Klickitat County

Storms near this place

2 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyle in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2002Thunderstorm WindLyle$1,000Strong winds from a thunderstorm caused a suspension bridge to collapse across the Klickitat River between Lyle and Pitt.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLyle-Mesonet stations along the Columbia River in Klickitat County recorded outflow winds as high as 61 mph.

Every storm recorded in Klickitat 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
Straight Point5.8 miles15
Murdock5.9 miles17
Klickitat Heights6.3 miles15
Smithville7.3 miles17
Dallesport7.8 miles17
Appleton8.0 miles15
Pitt8.2 miles14
Laws Corner8.4 miles15

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 LyleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1503064The 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 1512412. 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.