Abandon Creek
| Abandon Run Tributary to Caribou Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Abandon Run mouth  Abandon Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Boundary |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lion Creek divide |
| • location | about 2 miles west of "The Lions Head" |
| • coordinates | 48°47′12″N 116°44′30″W / 48.78667°N 116.74167°W[1] |
| • elevation | 4,980 ft (1,520 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Caribou Creek |
• location | about 8 miles southwest of West Fork Lake |
• coordinates | 48°49′15″N 116°46′42″W / 48.82083°N 116.77833°W[1] |
• elevation | 3,461 ft (1,055 m)[3] |
| Length | 3.03 mi (4.88 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 6.49 square miles (16.8 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Caribou Creek |
| • average | 27.23 cu ft/s (0.771 m3/s) at mouth with Caribou Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Caribou Creek → Priest River → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean |
| River system | Columbia River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaties |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | none |
Abandon Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Idaho.[1] It is a tributary of Caribou Creek.[6]
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]
- Caribou Creek
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "GNIS Detail - Abandon Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Abandon Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ Biennial Report of the Board of Trustees of the State Historical Society of Idaho. Idaho State Historical Society. 1922. p. 18.
- ^ 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...