Lund, Utah
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Cedar City census division. It stands on Lund Flats. The Survey maps it on the Lund quadrangle. It stands 5,085 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Lund quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Wah Wah Mts. South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Lund between 1997 and 2020, burning about 863 acres in total. 13 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | JENSEN SP5 |
| 20 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | I407 |
| 16 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | LUND |
| 16 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LAND EAST |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 837 acres | Southwest Area | LUND |
| 27 July 2013 | Natural | 11 acres | Cedar City Field Office | LUND |
| 26 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | WILDCAD 913 |
| 19 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Cedar City Field Office | CHASE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lund: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ut Dept Hwys Gravel Pit No 11074 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Utah Dept. of Highways Gravel Pit No. 11074 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lund in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Lund | 3 hurt, $1,000,000 | Flash flooding near Lund derailed a Union Pacific Railroad train, forcing 14 cars off of the tracks. Train tracks were determined to be washed out at a small bridge crossing over a normally dry wash. After the train derailed, injured train operators were trapped on top of the overturned train as flood waters continued to rise. In addition, emergency responders were washed off of the road to the crash site by the flood waters, delaying response to the injured train operators. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lund | - | The LATMER mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 65 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lund | - | The Jensen Spring RAWS recorded a maximum wind gust of 65 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latimer | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Avon | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Zane | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Beryl | 14.4 miles | 13 | |
| Yale Crossing | 19.5 miles | 13 | |
| Iron Springs | 20.6 miles | 18 | |
| Desert Mound | 22.1 miles | 16 | |
| Beryl Junction | 23.8 miles | 13 |
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 Lund | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709460 | 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 1430015. 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.



