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Lucin, Utah

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the West Box Elder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84313. It stands on Lucin Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lucin quadrangle. It stands 4,478 feet above sea level.

Lucin within Box Elder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Lucin between 2000 and 2020, burning about 780 acres in total. None 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
23 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeCRANSTON
13 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsFOUR MILE FIRE
12 June 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution774 acresBear River AreaLUCIN
26 May 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresBear River AreaEAST LUCIN
24 November 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLUCIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Lucin: 18 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
North PilotLead, Silver, DiatomitePast Producer
North Pilot MineLead, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceAnglesite, Smithsonite
Railroad QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerDolomite
Railroad QuarryStonePast Producer
Tecoma HillZinc, MolybdenumOccurrenceReplacement
Edison and BirdGemstoneProducerVariscite
Utahlite Hill VarisciteGemstoneProducerVariscite
Utahlite Hill VarisciteGemstoneProducer
West Utahlite Hill VarisciteGemstoneOccurrenceVariscite
West Utahlite Hill VarisciteGemstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Box Elder County

Storms near this place

9 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lucin in 9 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLucin-A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at the Lucin 2 mesonet site.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLucin-The LUCIN2 mesonet station recorded a period of wind gusts to 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLucin-A wind gust of 69 mph was recorded at the UR308 mesonet site.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLucin-The LUCIN2 mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 64 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindLucin-The LUCIN2 mesonet station recorded a period of wind gusts to 59 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindLucin-A wind gust of 65 mph was recorded by the Lucin2 UPR weather sensor in association with outflow winds due to a nearby shower.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLucin-A thunderstorm and associated outflow produced a measured wind gust of 58 mph by the UPR Lucin2 Railroad Sensor.
August 2007HailLucin-A trained spotter in Lucin reported 1 inch diameter hail.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindLucin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Box Elder 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
Grouse Creek Junction5.1 miles13
Pigeon5.7 miles12
Etna22.5 miles11
Grouse Creek24.9 miles11
Matlin32.4 miles10
Lynn37.2 miles12
Rosette41.6 miles13
Hogup41.8 miles11

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 LucinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14711794The 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 1437627. 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.