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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.

Craige within Asotin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

11 since 1996

Regional 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle 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
2 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,494 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's OfficeWEISSENFELS RIDGE
2 August 1996Naturalunder an acreNez Perce TribeNHARRIS
5 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined9,859 acresWashington State Fire Marshal's OfficeGILMORE GULCH
3 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined600 acresIdaho Department of LandsMADDEN CREEK
19 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRIVER ROAD
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSoutheast Region-Department of Natural ResourcesBILLY CREEK
15 July 2017Natural1.2 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBEAMER
8 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,450 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBMIDC INC 217 - MAIL TRAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Asotin 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Billy Creek Pumicite OccurrencePumiceOccurrence
Captain John Creek Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Lime Point Limestone DepositLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer1875
Benedict QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Asotin 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
Zindel (historical)1.9 miles10
Theon (historical)4.1 miles10
Rogersburg4.6 miles10
Anatone5.8 miles12
Grahams Landing6.8 miles9
Jerry13.8 miles11
Asotin14.1 miles11
Cloverland14.4 miles12

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 Q27995365The 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.