Information About

Cripple River

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cripple River on The Map

Location

64 ° 32' 21.998" N,
165 ° 47' 44.999" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Nome

Tributary to

Norton Sound

Tributaries

Fox Creek, Gold Run,

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Cripple River in Detail.

About

flows SW to Norton Sound, 12 mi. W of Nome, Seward Peninsula High. 25 miles long.

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1899 by D. C. Witherspoon (in Schrader and Brooks, 1900, map 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome C-2 (1950), Nome C-2 (1950), Nome C-2 (1950), Nome (1951), Nome (1951), Nome (1957), Nome C-2 SW (2017),
Places Near Cripple River
Cities:

Sitnazuak,

Mountains:

Aurora Mountain, Cone Mountain, Elizabeth Mountain, Rodney Mountain,

Rivers:

Cripple River, Penny River,

Streams:

Arctic Creek, Ashland Creek, Aurora Creek, Bluff Creek, Boulder Creek, Bowhead Creek, Cleveland Creek, Colorado Creek, Comeni Creek, Daisy Swift Creek, Edward Creek, Elizabeth Creek, Fox Creek, Gold Run, Granite Creek, Honey Creek, Huckleberry Run, Hungry Creek, Independence Creek, Negsue Creek, Oregon Creek, Practolus Creek, Quartz Creek, Rabbit Creek, Rodney Creek, Sealer Creek, Sidney Creek, Slate Creek, Snowshoe Creek, Sonora Creek, Stella Creek, Washington Creek, Wheel Creek, Willow Creek, Willow Creek,

Valleys:

Carry Gulch, Green Gulch, Gumboot Gulch, Keane Gulch, Mammoth Gulch, May Gulch, Nugget Gulch, Short Gulch, Snowshoe Gulch, Trilby Gulch,