Abandon Creek

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Abandon Run
Tributary to Caribou Creek
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Location of Abandon Run mouth
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Abandon Creek (the United States)
Location
Country United States
State Idaho
County Boundary
Physical characteristics
SourceLion Creek divide
 • locationabout 2 miles west of "The Lions Head"
 • coordinates 48°47′12″N116°44′30″W / 48.78667°N 116.74167°W / 48.78667; -116.74167 [1]
 • elevation4,980 ft (1,520 m) [2]
Mouth Caribou Creek
 • location
about 8 miles southwest of West Fork Lake
 • coordinates
 48°49′15″N116°46′42″W / 48.82083°N 116.77833°W / 48.82083; -116.77833 [1]
 • elevation
3,461 ft (1,055 m) [3]
Length3.03 mi (4.88 km) [4]
Basin size6.49 square miles (16.8 km2) [5]
Discharge 
 • locationCaribou Creek
 • average27.23 cu ft/s (0.771 m3/s) at mouth with Caribou Creek [5]
Basin features
ProgressionCaribou Creek → Priest River → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
River system Columbia River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaties
 • rightunnamed tributaries
Bridgesnone

Abandon Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Idaho. [1] It is a tributary of Caribou Creek. [6]

Contents

Abandon Creek was named because of its isolated location. [7]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "GNIS Detail - Abandon Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Abandon Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Biennial Report of the Board of Trustees of the State Historical Society of Idaho. Idaho State Historical Society. 1922. p. 18.
  7. ↑ Boone, Lalia Phipps (1988). Idaho Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of Idaho Press. p. 1. ISBN   978-0-89301-119-2. Name descriptive of the remote and deserted aspect...


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