Information About

American Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map American Creek on The Map

Location

64 ° 33' 0" N,
165 ° 0' 0" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Nome

Elevation

26 ft (7.92 m)

American Creek in Detail.

About

heads near Banner Peak, flows SW to Snake River, 4 mi. NW of Nome, Seward Peninsula High.; 2 miles long.

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1899 by D. C. Witherspoon (in Schrader and Brooks, 1900, map 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This may be the "Crystal Creek" or "Golden Gulch" shown on recent maps.

Topo Maps

Places Near American Creek
Cities:

Hastings Creek, Imokhtegokshuk,

Capes:

Cape Nome,

Hills:

Reindeer Hill,

Lakes:

Fox Lake,

Mountains:

Army Peak, Osborn Dome,

Rivers:

Eldorado River, Flambeau River,

Streams:

American Creek, Beaver Creek, Bird Creek, Bonita Creek, Carl Creek, Concord Creek, Cunningham Creek, Cuss Creek, Dahl Creek, Derby Creek, Discovery Creek, Dog Creek, Edna Creek, Elmer Creek, Florence Creek, Fox Creek, Garnet Creek, Goldengate Creek, Goldengate Creek, Grass Creek, Hastings Creek, Hazel Creek, Hazel Creek, Hunker Creek, Ida Creek, Injured Creek, La Spray Creek, Laurada Creek, Little Derby Creek, Made Creek, Matson Creek, McDonald Creek, Moonlight Creek, Mountain Creek, Mulligan Creek, Myrtle Creek, Nancy Lee Creek, Nevada Creek, New Bonanza Creek, New Eldorado Creek, North Fork Fox Creek, Nugget Creek, O-Brien Creek, Oniga Creek, Ophir Creek, Pajara Creek, Prospect Creek, Ptarmigan Creek, Randsburg Creek, Rock Creek, Saint Michaels Creek, San Jose Creek, Saunders Creek, Seattle Creek, Skookum Creek, Sparrow Creek, Summit Creek, Tee Pee Creek, Triple Creek, Violet Creek, Washington Creek, Washington Creek, Willow Creek,

Valleys:

Ainslie Gulch, Alma Gulch, Anita Gulch, Birthday Gulch, Faraday Gulch, Gold Gulch, Goodluck Gulch, Grace Gulch, Isabella Gulch, Josephine Gulch, Lackie Gulch, Lee Gulch, Little Joe Gulch, Marion Gulch, Moss Gulch, Nugget Gulch, Quincy Gulch, Ruby Gulch, Scotch Gulch, Snow Gulch, Stevens Gulch, Surprise Gulch, Woodchuck Gulch, Zeaman Gulch,

Cities:

Bessie No. 5 Dredge Camp, Cape Nome, Port Safety,