Craige, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Asotin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99402. It lies near Hoskins Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Weissenfels Ridge quadrangle. It stands 3,271 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1944 USGS Anatone quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Anatone quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Weissenfels Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Clarkston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Craige between 1996 and 2020, burning about 15,665 acres in total. 2 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,494 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | WEISSENFELS RIDGE |
| 2 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | NHARRIS |
| 5 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,859 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | GILMORE GULCH |
| 3 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | MADDEN CREEK |
| 19 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RIVER ROAD |
| 18 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southeast Region-Department of Natural Resources | BILLY CREEK |
| 15 July 2017 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BEAMER |
| 8 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,450 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BMIDC INC 217 - MAIL TRAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Craige: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Creek Pumicite Occurrence | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Captain John Creek Limestone Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Lime Point Limestone Deposit | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | 1875 | |
| Benedict Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zindel (historical) | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Theon (historical) | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Rogersburg | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Anatone | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Grahams Landing | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Jerry | 13.8 miles | 11 | |
| Asotin | 14.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cloverland | 14.4 miles | 12 |
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 Q27995365 | 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 1514767. 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.





