Information About

Fire Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 24' 28.001" N,
149 ° 32' 10" W

Region

Anchorage

Nearest City

Eagle River

Elevation

16 ft (4.88 m)

Fire Creek in Detail.

About

Flows NW 2.4 km (1.5 mi) then SW 4 km (2.5 mi) through Upper Fire Lake and Lower Fire Lake, then N to Knik Arm of Cook Inlet, 4 km (2.5 mi) W of the community of Peters Creek, 18 mi. NE of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low.

History

Local name reported in 1906 by T. G. Gerdine and R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Places Near Fire Creek
Areas:

Chuqilin Kaq-, Nuk-elehitnu Kaq-,

Bays:

Eagle Bay, Goose Bay,

Capes:

K-eł Taydeght, K-qiydulghakt,

Cities:

Eagle River, Wasilla,

Streams:

Snowhawk Creek,

Dams:

Lower Eklutna Dam, Memory Lake Estates Dam Number 1, Otter Lake Dam, Ship Creek Dam,

Flats:

Duck Flats, Eagle River Flats,

Hills:

Bunker Hill,

Lakes:

Airolo Lake, Anderson Lake, Baptist Pond, Baptist Pond, Beach Lake, Beverly Lake, Beverly Lake, Black Lake, Blodgett Lake, Bruce Lake, Bruns Lake, Cheri Lake, Cloudy Lake, Lake Clunie, Cochise Lake, Corcoran Lake, Cottonwood Lake, Dawn Lake, Diablo Pond, Dinkel Lake, Dishno Pond, Duck Lake, Edmonds Lake, Emerald Lake, Frog Lake, Fuller Lake, Golden Lake, Gwenn Lake, Herkimer Lake, Herning Lake, Hess Lake, Jacobsen Lake, Johnson Pond, Kalmbach Lake, Kings Lake, Lake Kiowa, Knik Lake, Lake Lalen, Lilly Lake, Loon Lake, Lower Fire Lake, Lucile Lake, Lucy Lake, Meadow Lakes, Merri Belle Lake, Minor Lake, Mirror Lake, Mud Lake, Mud Lake, Mud Lake, Nik-udatl-ech-a Bena, Otter Lake, Paradise Lake, Prator Lake, Psalm Lake, Railroad Lake, Rainbow Lake, Reedy Lake, Scott Lake, Ship Creek Reservoir, Upper Fire Lake, Visnaw Lake, Waldon Lake, Wallace Lake, Wasilla Lake, Weinie Lake, Whale Lake, White Lake, Woody Lake,

Locales:

2 Bowls, 3 Bowls, Austrian Bowl, Cotton Grass, Death Bowls, Dog Bowl, French Bowl, German Bowl, Hugh's Bowl, Italian Bowl, Koch, Leighow Moon, Lynx, Nike Chutes, North Bowl, Ship Creek Bowl, Solstice Gully, Swiss Bowl,

Mountains:

Mount Eklutna, Mount Gordon Lyon, Harp Mountain, Highland Mountain, Little Teton Mountain, Mount Magnificent, Rendezvous Peak,

Parks:

Arnold L Muldoon Park, Beach Lake Park, Centennial Park, Cottonwood Park, Edmonds Lake Park, Loretta French Park, Mirror Lake State Wayside Park, Peters Creek Community Park,

Mountain Passes:

Cottonwood Slough, Palmer Slough,

Peaks:

Bear Mountain, The Nipple, Mount William Barrett,

Rivers:

Eagle River, Eklutna River, Knik River, South Fork Eagle River,

Streams:

Carol Creek, Clunie Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Crocker Creek, Fire Creek, Fossil Creek, Htidaghituntnu, Little Peters Creek, Meadow Creek, Mink Creek, North Fork Ship Creek, O-Brien Creek, Parks Creek, Peters Creek, Thunder Bird Creek, Wasilla Creek,

Routes:

Bear Point Trail, Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks Trail, Eagle River Green Belt Trail, Eagle River North Fork Access Trail, Hanging Valley Trail, Lake Spur HV Trail, Meadow Creek Trail, Mile High Ridge Trail, Mile High Saddle Trail, Mount Eklutna Trail, Mt Baldy Trail, Muktuk Marston Memorial Trail, Peters Valley Trail, Ptarmigan Valley Trail, Rondevous Peak Spur Trail, Rondevous Peak Trail, Rondevous Ridge Trail, South Fork ER Trail, Thunderbird Falls Trail,

Valleys:

Hanging Valley,

Cities:

Birchwood, Chugiak, Cottonwood, DeBarr Vista, Eklutna, Fort Richardson, Homesite Park, Knik, Meadow Lakes, Peters Creek,

Waterfalls:

Barbara Falls, Thunder Bird Falls,