Lunds, Wisconsin
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Waukechon town. It lies in ZIP code area 54166. The Survey maps it on the Lunds quadrangle. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Embarrass quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Lunds quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Shawano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Lunds between 1997 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SMOKING BARREL |
| 16 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 June 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | POP BOTTLE FIRE |
| 9 May 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CONSERVATION FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lunds: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limekiln Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Zimmerman Limekiln Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bonduel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ranch Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| River Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rocky Lane Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Slab City Creek Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Slab City Creek Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Slab City Creek Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Slab City Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lunds in 1 storm report in 2013: 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 2013 | Hail | Lunds | - | A CO-OP observer reported 1.25 inch diameter hail 4 miles southeast of the town of Shawano. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slab City | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Landstad | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bonduel | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Belle Plaine | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Adams Beach | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Shawano | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Navarino | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cecil | 9.1 miles | 6 |
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 Lunds | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6704149 | 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 1568809. 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.



