Santiam Junction, Oregon

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According to the Oregon Department of Transportation, the elevation is 3,750 feet (1,143 m).[3]

An automated weather station is located here, as well as highway maintenance facilities. The Santiam Junction State Airport is an emergency/recreational/aerial firefighting landing strip that is closed from the first snowfall until spring. The airport grounds permit fly-in camping.[3][4]

The Santiam Junction vicinity is listed by the National Register of Historic Places as the site of the Oregon Pacific Railroad Linear Historic District, which consists of roughly Script error: No such module "convert". of the old railroad grade between Idanha and the line's Cascade Range summit.[5][6]

Geologically, much of the area is a lava bed created during a period of volcanic activity around 1000 B.C.[7]

Climate

Santiam Junction experiences a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dsb) with warm, dry summers and cold, wet winters with heavy snow and rain. Script error: No such module "weather box".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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