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Lyman, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Lyman-Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98263. It stands on Jones Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lyman quadrangle. 423 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 95 feet above sea level.

Lyman within Skagit County

On record in Lyman

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Lyman fell from 438 to 423 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
2010438
2020423-15 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Lyman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Fireworks4
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
24 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
2 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBLUE MOON
1 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSUNSET 17
6 August 2003Natural15 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersELK RUN
20 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 August 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Skagit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Lyman: 7 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Nickel, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Hamilton ClaimsIron, Manganese, Aluminum, Sulfur, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1881
Hamilton MillMagnesiteProducer
Jones CreekGraphiteOccurrence
Last Chance MineGarnetOccurrence
LymanTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
LymanAsbestosPast Producer
PittsburgIron, ManganeseProspect1956
Powell CreekNickelOccurrence
Powell CreekNickelOccurrence
EagleManganeseProspect1956

Every working recorded in Skagit 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
Day Creek2.0 miles15
Minkler2.7 miles12
Hamilton Junction2.9 miles12
Hamilton3.9 miles17
Cokedale5.9 miles12
Sedro-Woolley9.4 miles12
Thornwood9.7 miles12
Birdsview9.9 miles17

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 Q1513803The 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 1522592. 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.