Craig, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Craig census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81625. It stands on Fortification Creek. The Survey maps it on the Craig quadrangle. 9,060 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,198 feet above sea level.
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On record in Craig
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 5 records
First National Bank Buildinglisted 1997
Marcia (pullman car)listed 1975
State Armorylisted 1992
Vanatta Apartmentslisted 1996- Craig School #2listed 2023
Population over time
2 figuresCraig fell from 9,464 to 9,060 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9,464 | |
| 2020 | 9,060 | -404 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1916 USGS Craig quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Craig quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Craig quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Craig quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Craig between 2010 and 2020, burning about 354 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Northwest District, Craig | DOE RUN |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Craig Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 15 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Craig Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 11 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | EMBER |
| 9 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | CRAIG |
| 26 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Craig Rural Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 23 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Craig Rural Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 19 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest District, Craig | RETURN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Craig: 8 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortifacation Creek Placers | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Leon Claims | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Three Sisters | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Craig Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grace Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Mack Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Craig in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 8 funnel cloud, 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 wildfire, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | $300,000 | Several homes on Dunn Drive in Craig, CO had severe damage. One home suffered damage to three sections of metal roofing. Also, the SW corner of a large pole barn lost many roof panels. Another house to the west lost 50% of its roof. A separate 2 car garage at the residence also lost the SW corner of the roof. Another home had part of its attached garage roof blown off when the south facing garage doors were blown in. A shed was also destroyed on this property. Another home, just to the south, also lost its roof. Finally, another home on the same road almost lost the entire metal roof off their single wide trailer. |
| September 1996 | Lightning | Craig | $31,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | $10,000 | Personnel at a Craig radio station reported numerous large branches broken from trees, with several trees broken in half. Hotel signs were damaged and some were shattered. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | $10,000 | Strong gusty winds and heavy rain buffeted Craig causing power outages throughout town and minor street flooding. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Craig | $4,000 | Rapid snowmelt resulted in flooding across portions of Moffat County, focused in downtown Craig. Fortification Creek near City Park exceeded its banks. Several county roads were closed as a result of the flooding. Flood waters did not recede for a couple of days. |
| September 1997 | Flash Flood | Craig | $4,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Craig | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | Wind gusts estimated to be in the 70 to 75 mph range caused significant roof damage to a house in Craig, Colorado. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | A trained weather spotter west of Craig measured a peak wind gust of 66 mph from outflow winds associated with a collapsing thunderstorm. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | Spotter reported trees down due to wind gusts. Craig ASOS reported 59 mph wind gusts. Widespread power outages around the Craig area. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Craig | - | A volunteer NWS storm spotter observed large hail mostly over open country. About half of the Rye crop was damaged. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Craig | - | A funnel cloud was observed and photographed seven miles northwest of Craig. |
| August 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Craig | - | A funnel cloud was observed by many individuals in the Craig area. The funnel cloud was also photographed. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Craig | - | Hail covered the ground to a depth of two inches. The hail stones ranged from pea-size to penny-size diameter. |
| September 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Craig | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Craig | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Craig | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Craig | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Craig | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Craig | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Craig | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Wildfire | Craig | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Wildfire | Craig | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Wildfire | Craig | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Wildfire | Craig | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Craig | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig South Highlands | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hamilton | 10.8 miles | 15 | |
| Iles Grove | 14.5 miles | 17 | |
| Loyd | 16.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lay | 17.8 miles | 13 | |
| Axial | 20.5 miles | 17 | |
| Juniper Hot Springs | 21.8 miles | 17 | |
| Maybell | 28.7 miles | 14 |
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 Craig | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q989873 | 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 171304. 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.









