Craigmont, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Craigmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83523. The Survey maps it on the Craigmont quadrangle. 458 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,740 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCraigmont fell from 501 to 458 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 | 501 | |
| 2020 | 458 | -43 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1924 USGS Kamiah quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Craigmont quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Craigmont between 1992 and 2019, burning about 946 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | METAL TRESSEL |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | 50 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | BIG CANYON |
| 5 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Clearwater Potlatch Timber Protective Association | MORRIS SADDLE |
| 3 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | LAWYER |
| 2 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | OLD MELROSE |
| 2 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CITY LIMITS |
| 18 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | BARN BUCKET |
| 6 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 630 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | GIFFORD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Craigmont: 7 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craigmont Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Craigmont in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1999 | Hail | Craigmont | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craigmont | - | A downburst from a collapsing thunderstorm produced estimated wind gusts near 60 mph. Half inch hail also fell with the storm. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Craigmont | - | A member of the public reported 1.75 inch size hail at Craigmont, Idaho. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Craigmont | - | An other federal agency reported 1 inch size hail at Craigmont, Idaho. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Craigmont | - | A member of the public reported one inch size hail 3 miles southwest of Craigmont, Idaho. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Craigmont | - | A Facebook post noted 0.75 inch hail fell in Craigmont, ID. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Craigmont | - | A member of the public reported hail ranging from nickel to quarter size falling 3 miles south of Craigmont, WA. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Craigmont | - | 3/4 inch hail |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vollmer | 0.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ilo (historical) | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Craig Junction | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Fletcher | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Clicks | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Kippen | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Reubens | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Mohler | 7.2 miles | 8 |
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 Craigmont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q588273 | 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 399839. 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.




