Butte City
Tucked along US Route 20 on the eastern Snake River Plain, Butte City is a place whose character is shaped by a broad volcanic basin and the mountain country that borders it. This small unincorporated community stands in Butte County, a sparsely settled part of central Idaho where straight highways cross open rangeland and cultivated fields. The Lost River Range rises to the northwest, while the plain is part of a vast lava-built landscape formed by repeated eruptions. Arco, the county seat a short distance west, became the first city in the world lit by electricity generated from nuclear power in 1955, linking the area to the nearby Idaho National Laboratory. Butte City is a useful reference point on US 20 between the high-desert interior and eastern Idaho’s larger towns.
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Built around a railroad stop, Butte City developed into a small unincorporated community on Idaho’s high Snake River Plain. It stands just southeast of Arco, near the Big Lost River valley, with the Lost River Range to the northwest and Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in the wider volcanic country to the northeast. Nearby Experimental Breeder Reactor I, now a National Historic Landmark, generated the first usable electricity from nuclear power in 1951; in 1955, Arco became the first community powered by nuclear energy. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of central Idaho connects regionally.
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