Washington Basin is a physical feature (basin) in Custer County. The primary coordinates for Washington Basin places it within the ID 83278 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Washington Basin |
Category: | Idaho physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Basin |
History: | Named for the Washington lode located there on September 7, 1879 by Stephen Van Camp, David Fayle, A. Potevin, Ed Walser, and Franklin F. Fisher. This was the first lode claim in the basin (Ridenour: Stories of early prospectors, miners and mines in Idaho's White Clouds). |
County: | Custer County |
Latitude: | 44.0043544 |
Longitude: | -114.6495105 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Washington Basin: Washington Basin.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Washington Basin does not include property ownership information.
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