Information About

Des Moines Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 25' 41.002" N,
156 ° 18' 38.002" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

King Salmon

Elevation

26 ft (7.92 m)

Des Moines Creek in Detail.

About

flows E to Wide Bay, W of Coal Point, on S coast of Alaska Peninsula, 42 mi. SE of Ugashik, Aleutian Range. 7.2 miles long.

History

Local name reported in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). S. R. Capps, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), reported in 1921; the name "Lee Creek", it was named for "a prospector who had a cabin at the stream's mouth."