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The river is dammed to form Mackay Reservoir near the town of Mackay, then continues south through an agricultural valley, passing Arco. After Arco, the river begins flowing east, northeast, and finally due north. The river terminates at the Big Lost River Sinks, a patch of marshland where its water drains into the ground.
The Big Lost River's drainage basin is approximately 1,400 square miles (3,626 km 2) in area [2] Its mean annual discharge, as measured by USGS gage 13132500 (Big Lost River near Arco), is 91.7 cubic feet per second (2.60 m 3 /s), with a maximum daily recorded flow of 1,840 cu ft/s (52 m 3 /s), and a minimum of zero flow.
North Fork Big Lost River; North Fork Boise River; North Fork Clearwater River; North Fork Coeur d'Alene River; ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Idaho (1974)
The Lost River Range is a high mountain range of the Rocky Mountains, located in Central Idaho, in the Northwestern United States. [ 1 ] It runs southeast for approximately 75 miles (121 km) from the Salmon River near the community of Challis to the Snake River Valley near Arco .
The Bear River, the second-longest stream, is within this watershed, along with the Malad River, Deep Creek, and the Logan River. Source data for the table below comes from topographic maps created by the United States Geological Survey and published online by TopoQuest , and on the Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas , the National Hydrography ...
The Pioneer Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Idaho, spanning Blaine, Butte and Custer counties. The range is bounded on the west by the Big Wood River, Trail Creek and Summit Creek, and the North Fork Big Lost River, on the north and east by the East Fork Big Lost River, Left Fork Cherry Creek, Cherry Creek, Dry Fork Creek, Saint Louis Canyon, and Champagne Creek, and on the ...
U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is the portion of an east–west United States Numbered Highway in the state of Idaho.It begins northwest of Parma at the Oregon state line and enters Montana 9.6 miles (15.4 km) away from the Yellowstone National Park west entrance.
Arco is located along the Big Lost River [10] and is a gateway to the Lost River Range from the Snake River Plain. Craters of the Moon National Monument is located along U.S. Route 20, southwest of the city. The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is located east of Arco.