Raft River Valley

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Raft River Valley
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Raft River Valley from Cotterel, September 2012
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Raft River Valley
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Raft River Valley
Location in the United States
Floor elevation4,200 feet (1,300 m) [1]
Geography
Location Cassia County, Idaho and Box Elder County, Utah in the United States
Population centers Malta
Coordinates 42°36′25″N113°14′25″W / 42.60685°N 113.24028°W / 42.60685; -113.24028
Traversed by Interstate 84, Interstate 86

The Raft River Valley is a valley in Cassia County, Idaho and Box Elder County, Utah in the United States. [1]

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Description

Dirt road in the Raft River Valley, October 2008 Cassia County, ID, USA - panoramio.jpg
Dirt road in the Raft River Valley, October 2008

The valley is bounded by the Sublett Range on the northern east, the Black Pine Mountains on the southern east, the Raft River Mountains on the south, the Upper Raft River Valley on the very southern west, the Jim Sage Mountains on the southern west, the Cotterel Mountains on the northern west, and the Snake River on the north. [2]

The Raft River flows north through most of the valley.

The valley is traversed northwestsoutheast by Interstate 84 and northwestnortheast by Interstate 86. Portions of Idaho State Highway 77 and Idaho State Highway 81 also located in the valley.

Communities within the valley include the city of Malta; the unincorporated communities of Idahome, Raft River, Standrod, and Sublett; and the ghost town of Strevell, all of which (except Standrod) are located in Idaho.

History

The area briefly had a post office (1878-1879) under the name Raft River Bridge, located on Interstate 86/U.S. Route 30, [3] about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of American Falls. [4]

See also

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Albion Mountains</span> Mountain range in Idaho, USA

The Albion Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. states of Idaho (~99%) and Utah (~1%), spanning Cassia County, Idaho and barely reaching into Box Elder County, Utah. The highest point in the range is Cache Peak at 10,339 feet (3,151 m), and the range is a part of the Basin and Range Province. Most of the mountains are part of the Albion Division of the Minidoka Ranger District of Sawtooth National Forest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Black Pine Mountains</span> Mountain range in Idaho and Utah

The Black Pine Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. states of Idaho (~65%) and Utah (~35%), spanning Cassia County, Idaho and reaching into Box Elder County, Utah. The highest point in the range is known as Black Pine Mountains High Point, sometimes referred to as Black Peak, at 9,395 feet (2,864 m), and the range is a part of the Great Basin Divide and the Basin and Range Province. In Idaho, the mountains are part of the Black Pine Division of the Minidoka Ranger District of Sawtooth National Forest.

Black Pine Mountains High Point, at 9,289 feet (2,831 m) above sea level is the highest peak in the Black Pine Mountains of Cassia County in southern Idaho. The high point is sometimes referred to as "Black Peak" because of a benchmark on the peak that reads "Black".

The Sublett Range is a mountain range in the U.S. states of Idaho (~94%) and Utah (~6%), spanning Cassia, Oneida, and Power counties, Idaho and reaching into Box Elder County, Utah. The Phosphoria Formation reaches its greatest thickness beneath the mountains.

Strevell is a ghost town in Cassia County, Idaho, United States, approximately one mile (1.6 km) north of the Utah state line and roughly 23 miles (37 km) south–southeast of Malta. It is located in the Raft River Valley along the former routing of U.S. Route 30S, and later the former routing of Idaho State Highway 81.

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Sublett is an unincorporated community in Cassia County, Idaho, United States, about 12 miles (19 km) east of Malta.

Sublett is an unincorporated community in Cassia County, Idaho, United States, on Idaho State Highway 81, about 2 miles (3.2 km) east–southeast of Burley.

Cassia Creek is a stream in Cassia County, Idaho, United States, that is a tributary of the Raft River.

The Jim Sage Mountains are a small mountain range in Cassia County, Idaho, United States, that are subrange of the Albion Mountains.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cotterel Mountains</span> Mountain range in Cassia County, Idaho, United States

The Cotterel Mountains are a small mountain range in Cassia County, Idaho, United States, that are subrange of the Albion Mountains.

The Upper Raft River Valley is a valley in Cassia County, Idaho and Box Elder County, Utah in the United States.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Raft River Valley
  2. "Pocatello" (JPEG) (Map). usgs.gov. 1:250000. United States Geological Survey. 1976. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  3. "Lake Walcott" (JPEG) (Map). usgs.gov. 1:100000. United States Geological Survey. 1994. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  4. Forte, Jim. "Post Offices: Idaho, Cassia County". postalhistory.com. Las Vegas, Nevada. Retrieved August 1, 2023.

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