Information About

Willow Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Willow Creek on The Map

Location

64 ° 35' 6" N,
165 ° 39' 47.999" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Nome

Elevation

89 ft (27.13 m)

Willow Creek in Detail.

About

flows SE to Penny River, 9 mi. NW of Nome, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1899 by D. C. Witherspoon (in Schrader and Brooks, 1900, map 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The 1900 "Map of Nome Peninsula" by J. M. Davidson and B. D. Blakeslee shows "Biggs" along the upper half of this stream.