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Craig Junction, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Winchester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83523. It lies near Coldsprings Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Reubens quadrangle.

Craig Junction within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Craig Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,626 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 2 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
Natural23
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning2.7 acresNez Perce TribeBOGG DOWN
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWINCHESTER CAMP
7 September 2000Natural50 acresIdaho Department of LandsBIG CANYON
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWOODSIDE
2 September 1997Arson/incendiarism10 acresIdaho Department of LandsOLD MELROSE
2 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsCITY LIMITS
18 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresNez Perce TribeOLD GILL
18 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresNez Perce TribeBARN BUCKET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Craig Junction: 5 producers. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Clicks0.3 miles9
Kippen2.6 miles9
Ilo (historical)3.2 miles8
Reubens3.3 miles9
Woodside (historical)3.5 miles9
Vollmer4.2 miles8
Craigmont4.2 miles8
Winchester5.4 miles8

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 Q122590519The 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 397588. 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.