Information About

Bonanza Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Bonanza Creek on The Map

Location

64 ° 46' 14.999" N,
145 ° 18' 24.001" W

Region

Fairbanks North Star

Nearest City

Delta Junction

Elevation

1411 ft (430.07 m)

Bonanza Creek in Detail.

About

flows E to North Fork Salcha River, 10 mi. E of The Butte and 45 mi. NNE of Big Delta, Yukon-Tanana High.; 8 miles long.

History

A prospectors' name, applied by mistake in 1905 by D. C. Witherspoon, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to a stream which flows N to Gold Creek near Flume Creek (Prindle, 1906, pl. 1). In 1913, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published the name "Bonanza Creek" for its present location.

Topo Maps

Big Delta (1950), Big Delta (1950), Big Delta (1951), Big Delta (1951), Big Delta (1951), Big Delta (1951), Big Delta D-3 (1958), Big Delta D-3 (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta D-3 (1973), Big Delta D-3 SW (2016),
Places Near Bonanza Creek
Channels:

The Splits,

Rivers:

North Fork Salcha River, South Fork Salcha River,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Big Granite Creek, Black Bear Creek, Bonanza Creek, Camp Creek, Gold Creek, Goose Creek, Little Granite Creek, Mascot Creek, Ricks Creek,