Information About

Dewey Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

64 ° 37' 57" N,
165 ° 17' 51" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Nome

Elevation

95 ft (28.96 m)

Dewey Creek in Detail.

About

flows SW to Nome River, 9 mi. NE of Nome, Seward Peninsula High. 2 miles long.

History

Local name published in 1900 on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Chart 9380. Named in 1899 or 1900, possibly for Commodore (later Admiral) George Dewey, 1837-1917, U.S. Navy (USN), who successfully commanded the United States forces in the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898.

Places Near Dewey Creek
Cities:

Discovery, Hastings Creek, Uinuk,

Capes:

Belmont Point,

Cities:

Nome,

Cliffs:

Ptarmigan Rock,

Hills:

Bonanza Hill, Dexter Peak, Native Hill,

Lakes:

Twin Lakes,

Mountains:

Anvil Mountain, Army Peak, Banner Peak, Black Top, Mount Brynteson, Mount Distin, Engstrom Mountain, King Mountain, Newton Peak, North Newton Peak, Osborn Dome, Twin Mountain,

Rivers:

Nome River, North Fork Snake River, Snake River,

Streams:

Albion Creek, Alfield Creek, Alpha Creek, Anvil Creek, Balto Creek, Bangor Creek, Banner Creek, Barr Creek, Basin Creek, Bear Creek, Becher Creek, Bird Creek, Blatchford Creek, Bonita Creek, Borg Creek, Boulder Creek, Boulder Creek, Bourbon Creek, Brush Creek, Buster Creek, Butterfly Creek, Camp Creek, Canyon Creek, Center Creek, Christian Creek, Clara Creek, Cold Creek, Crystal Creek, Cunningham Creek, Cuss Creek, Dahl Creek, Darling Creek, David Creek, Derby Creek, Dewey Creek, Dewey Creek, Dexter Creek, Divide Creek, Divining Creek, Dorothy Creek, Dry Creek, Edna Creek, Elk Creek, Ellis Creek, Extra Dry Creek, Flat Creek, Francisco Creek, Fred Creek, Garnet Creek, Glacier Creek, Gold Creek, Gold Creek, Gold Run, Goldbottom Creek, Goose Creek, Grass Creek, Grose Creek, Grouse Creek, Hart Creek, Hastings Creek, Hatch Creek, Hazel Creek, Hazel Creek, Helen Creek, Hilda Creek, Hobson Creek, Holyoke Creek, Hunker Creek, Hunter Creek, Ida Creek, Ingraham Creek, Irene Creek, Iron Creek, Jorosa Creek, July Creek, June Creek, La Spray Creek, Last Chance Creek, Laurada Creek, Left Elk Creek, Left Fork Banner Creek, Left Fork Dexter Creek, Left Fork Dry Creek, Left Fork Slate Creek, Lillian Creek, Lindblom Creek, Little Creek, Little Derby Creek, Little Dexter Creek, Lost Creek, Lost Creek, Lynn Creek, Made Creek, Manila Creek, Martin Creek, Matson Creek, McDonald Creek, McDonald Creek, Mile Creek, Mineral Creek, Monte Cristo Creek, Monument Creek, Moonlight Creek, Mountain Creek, Mountain Creek, Myrtle Creek, Nancy Lee Creek, Nevada Creek, New Bonanza Creek, New Eldorado Creek, Nugget Creek, O-Brien Creek, Oniga Creek, Osborn Creek, Otter Creek, Peluk Creek, Prospect Creek, Ptarmigan Creek, Quartz Creek, Queen Creek, Rifle Creek, Right Fork Slate Creek, Rock Creek, Rock Creek, Rocky Mountain Creek, Rudolph Creek, Russel Creek, Saint Michaels Creek, Sampson Creek, Saturday Creek, Saunders Creek, Seattle Creek, Shepard Creek, Short Creek, Short Creek, Silver Creek, Silver Creek, Skookum Creek, Slate Creek, Slate Creek, Slate Creek, Sledge Creek, Someone Creek, Sparkle Creek, Sparrow Creek, Steep Creek, Sufus Creek, Sulphur Creek, Sunby Creek, Thompson Creek, Thompson Creek, Triple Creek, Tripple Creek, Trout Creek, Twin Mountain Creek, Violet Creek, Washington Creek, Washington Creek, Willow Creek, Willow Creek, Windy Creek, Wonder Creek,

Valleys:

Abbe Gulch, Ainslie Gulch, American Gulch, Anita Gulch, Bare Gulch, Bergstrom Gulch, Berkley Canyon, Birthday Gulch, Blind Gulch, Bonanza Gulch, Boston Gulch, Brandon Gulch, Burns Gulch, Butterfield Canyon, Canine Gulch, Chief Gulch, Cooper Gulch, Covina Gulch, Davis Gulch, Deer Gulch, East Gulch, Erickson Gulch, Eureka Gulch, Faraday Gulch, Florence Gulch, Fox Gulch, Gass Gulch, Gold Gulch, Gold Hill Gulch, Goldpan Gulch, Goodluck Gulch, Gordon Gulch, Grace Gulch, Grass Gulch, Grouse Gulch, Grub Gulch, Hazel Gulch, Hill Gulch, Holyoke Gulch, Hoodoo Gulch, Hotel Gulch, Ice Gulch, Irish Gulch, Isabella Gulch, Jack Gulch, Joe Gulch, Josephine Gulch, July Gulch, Kanoma Gulch, Lackie Gulch, Lee Gulch, Little Gulch, Little Gulch, Little Joe Gulch, Little Specimen Gulch, Mabe Gulch, Madison Gulch, Magnolia Gulch, Marion Gulch, Mary Gulch, Morgan Gulch, Moss Gulch, Nekula Gulch, Nellie Gulch, New Year Gulch, Newton Gulch, Nil Desperandum Gulch, Nugget Gulch, Phillips Gulch, Pioneer Gulch, Quartz Gulch, Quincy Gulch, Richmond Gulch, Rocker Gulch, Ruby Gulch, Scotch Gulch, Scotch Gulch, Slate Gulch, Snow Gulch, Snow Gulch, Sofia Gulch, Specimen Gulch, Stevens Gulch, Surprise Gulch, Tug Gulch, Union Gulch, Wet Gulch, Wet Gulch, Woodchuck Gulch, Zeaman Gulch,

Cities:

Bessie No. 5 Dredge Camp, Perkinsville, Summit,