BlockLysite, Wyoming
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Shoshoni census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82642. It stands on Alkali Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lysite quadrangle. It stands 5,276 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1952 USGS Lysite quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Arminto quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lysite quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lysite between 1992 and 2017, burning about 102 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.1 acres | Lander Field Office | MONETA |
| 6 November 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 3 October 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lysite in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Lysite | - | The public reported hail larger than golf balls to the north of Lysite. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Lysite | - | Hail up to the size of nickels was reported about five miles north of Lysite. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Lysite | - | Thunderstorms along the south end of the Bridger Mountains produced heavy rainfall of 1.5 to 2.5 inches in about one hour. The run-off filled the Bridger Creek drainage and caused water to flood a road about 5 miles north of Lysite. The water had receded by 1945MST. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Lysite | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Lysite | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Lysite | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Cabin | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Moneta | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Madden | 10.0 miles | 6 | |
| Snyder Place | 12.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bonneville | 20.3 miles | 9 | |
| Shoshoni | 22.4 miles | 7 | |
| Boysen | 28.3 miles | 8 | |
| Midvale | 40.2 miles | 9 |
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 Lysite | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6710245 | 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 1609118. 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.
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.