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Craig South Highlands, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Craig census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81625. It lies near Thompson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Castor Gulch quadrangle.

Craig South Highlands within Moffat County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

48 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Craig South Highlands between 2009 and 2020, burning about 120 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/undetermined28
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNorthwest District, CraigDOE RUN
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCraig Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
2 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use25 acresNorthwest District, Craig64 WEST
31 August 2018Natural9.6 acresNorthwest District, CraigTRAPPER
31 August 2018Natural1.0 acresNorthwest District, CraigTHOMPSON
26 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCraig Rural Fire Protection DistrictN/A
23 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCraig Rural Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
19 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, CraigRETURN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Moffat County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Craig South Highlands: 8 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
Leon ClaimsUraniumUnknown
Three SistersUraniumPast Producer
Craig PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mack PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Moffat 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
Craig2.3 miles16
Hamilton8.5 miles15
Iles Grove12.2 miles17
Loyd14.6 miles17
Lay17.1 miles13
Axial18.4 miles17
Juniper Hot Springs20.7 miles17
Maybell27.9 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122571515The 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 171386. 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.