Santiam Junction is a highway junction and

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in Linn County,

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, United States, at the intersection of U.S. Route 20/

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and

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. According to the

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, the elevation is 3,750 feet (1,143 m). An automated weather station is located here, as well as highway maintenance facilities. The Santiam Junction State Airport is an emergency/recreational landing strip that is closed from the first snowfall until spring. The airport grounds permit fly-in

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. The Santiam Junction vicinity is listed by the

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as the site of the

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, which consists of roughly of the old railroad grade between Idanha and the line's Cascade Range summit. Geologically, much of the area is a

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bed created during a period of volcanic activity around 1000 B.C.

Climate

Santiam Junction experiences a dry-summer

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( Köppen ''Dsb'') with warm, dry summers and cold, wet winters with heavy snow and rain.

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Weather station info
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