Information About

Des Moines Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Des Moines Creek on The Map

Location

57 ° 25' 41.002" N,
156 ° 18' 38.002" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

King Salmon

Elevation

26 ft (7.92 m)

Des Moines Creek in Detail.

About

flows E to Wide Bay, W of Coal Point, on S coast of Alaska Peninsula, 42 mi. SE of Ugashik, Aleutian Range. 7.2 miles long.

History

Local name reported in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). S. R. Capps, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), reported in 1921; the name "Lee Creek", it was named for "a prospector who had a cabin at the stream's mouth."

Topo Maps

Ugashik (1943), Ugashik (1943), Ugashik (1943), Ugashik (1948), Ugashik (1949), Ugashik B-1 (1951), Ugashik B-1 (1951), Ugashik B-1 (1951), Ugashik (1963), Ugashik (1963), Ugashik (1963),
Places Near Des Moines Creek
Bays:

Imuya Bay, Wide Bay,

Capes:

Cape Kayakliut, Coal Point,

Islands:

Channel Rock, East Channel Island, Hartman Island, Slaughter Island (not official), Terrace Island, Titcliff Island, West Channel Island,

Lakes:

Ruth Lake,

Mountains:

Deer Mountain, Mount Shannon, Mount Ugashik,

Mountain Passes:

Sids Pass,

Streams:

Big Creek, Des Moines Creek, McNally Creek, Moore Creek, Otter Creek, Pass Creek, Preston Creek, Short Creek,