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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Population over time
3 figuresLyle 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 530 | |
| 2010 | 499 | -31 (-6%) |
| 2020 | 518 | +19 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1934 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS White Salmon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Lyle quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Lyle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Lyle quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
307 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 43 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Fireworks | 23 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | The Dalles Unit | STATE ROAD |
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.6 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROWENA CREEK |
| 8 September 2003 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | The Dalles Unit | MEMALOOSE CAMPGROUND |
| 7 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SEVENMILE 2 |
| 7 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | STAR POINT |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | MOSIER EAST |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | GOLF COURSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foley Lakes | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Harvey | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Marsh | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Foley Lakes Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Harvey Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | $1,000 | Strong winds from a thunderstorm caused a suspension bridge to collapse across the Klickitat River between Lyle and Pitt. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | - | Mesonet stations along the Columbia River in Klickitat County recorded outflow winds as high as 61 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Straight Point | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Murdock | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Klickitat Heights | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Smithville | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Dallesport | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Appleton | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Pitt | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Laws Corner | 8.4 miles | 15 |
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 Lyle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1503064 | 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 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.








