BlockLund, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Bancroft census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83217. It lies near Lundgren Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Bancroft quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1948 USGS Bancroft quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Bancroft quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Bancroft quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Lund between 1992 and 2019, burning about 269 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | MILL CREEK |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | FISH CREEK |
| 31 August 2013 | Natural | 3.1 acres | Idaho Falls District | HADLEY CANYON |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 8 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | PETTICOAT 1 |
| 8 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | PETTICOAT 2 |
| 23 July 2000 | Natural | 71 acres | Idaho Falls District | FISH CRK 2 |
| 20 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | PETTICOAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lund in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lund | - | A 76 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust measured at Fish Creek Summit. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Lund | - | Public reported one inch hail 2 miles east southeast of Lund. |
| October 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Lund | - | Funnel cloud near Lund. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Lund | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 376169. 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.