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Science In Your Backyard: Idaho

Idaho

  • Idaho Water Science Center
    dc_id@usgs.gov
    230 Collins Rd.
    Boise, ID 83702-4520
    Telephone: (208) 387-1300
    Fax: (208) 387-1372
    Office hours: 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Mountain Time

  • National Spatial Data Infrastructure Partnership Office (Liason for: ID)
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Idaho Mapping Partnership Office
    230 Collins Road, Room 141
    Boise, ID 83702
    Phone: (208) 387-1351

  • Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
    Email: idcfwru@uidaho.edu
    College of Natural Resources, Room 103, 6th and Line
    P O Box 44-1141
    Moscow, ID 83844-1141
    Phone: 208-885-2750
    Fax: 208-885-9080


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Idaho State Facts

Image of Idaho with a star pinpointing the location of the capital.
Locations on image are approximate


Capital: Boise(Star shaped icon located on map pinpointing capital.)
Land Area: 82,747 sq. miles
(source: 2003 Census)
Population: 1,366,332
(source: 2003 Census estimate)
Counties: 44
(source: National Association of Counties)
Highest Point:
Borah Peak at 12,662 feet, located in the county/subdivision of Custer
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Lowest Point:
Snake River at 710 feet, located in the county/subdivision of Nez Perce
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Geographic Center:
Located in Custer County approx. at Custer, southwest of Challis
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)

 

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