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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brigham City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Lucin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Newfoundland Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Lucin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2000Regional 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/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | CRANSTON |
| 13 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FOUR MILE FIRE |
| 12 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 774 acres | Bear River Area | LUCIN |
| 26 May 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Bear River Area | EAST LUCIN |
| 24 November 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LUCIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Pilot | Lead, Silver, Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| North Pilot Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Anglesite, Smithsonite | |
| Railroad Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Dolomite | |
| Railroad Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Tecoma Hill | Zinc, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Edison and Bird | Gemstone | Producer | Variscite | |
| Utahlite Hill Variscite | Gemstone | Producer | Variscite | |
| Utahlite Hill Variscite | Gemstone | Producer | ||
| West Utahlite Hill Variscite | Gemstone | Occurrence | Variscite | |
| West Utahlite Hill Variscite | Gemstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2004Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucin | - | A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at the Lucin 2 mesonet site. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucin | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucin | - | A wind gust of 69 mph was recorded at the UR308 mesonet site. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucin | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucin | - | 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucin | - | 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucin | - | A thunderstorm and associated outflow produced a measured wind gust of 58 mph by the UPR Lucin2 Railroad Sensor. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Lucin | - | A trained spotter in Lucin reported 1 inch diameter hail. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grouse Creek Junction | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pigeon | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Etna | 22.5 miles | 11 | |
| Grouse Creek | 24.9 miles | 11 | |
| Matlin | 32.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lynn | 37.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rosette | 41.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hogup | 41.8 miles | 11 |
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 Lucin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711794 | 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 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.





