Lost River Butte County, Idaho
Mapped Location
Lost River: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Lost River
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Lost River
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Lost River | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Lost River
References to Lost River that document the origin of its place name
LOST RIVER, Butte County.—Named from the peculiar characteristic of sinking in the lava plains. Between Henry's Fork and Boise River there is not a single perennial stream flowing into Snake River from the north altho the mountains in that region receive a large amount of precipitation. The principal reason for the absence of surface tributaries to the Snake on the north is that broad lava plains intervene between it and the mountains and all the water which flows down to the plains or falls on their surface is either evaporated or lost in the cellular and fissured lava, and after passing thru the underlying rocks join in an underflow which eventually emerges in the Snake River Canyon, as immense springs. There are three streams that become lost in this manner, namely: Big Lost, Little Lost and Brich Creek, all disappearing in the same basin called the "Sinks," where during high water their contents comingle.—RUSSELL, Snake River Plains.
Butte County
- Antelope (historical)
- City of Arco
- Berenice
- City of Butte City
- Clyde
- Darlington
- Era
- Howe
- Lost River
- Martin
- City of Moore
- Scoville
- Smith Corrals
- Sweet Sage (historical)
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2016-12-19