Information About

Eightmile Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 49' 16" N,
157 ° 33' 1.001" W

Region

Bethel (CA)

Nearest City

Chuathbaluk

Elevation

164 ft (49.99 m)

Eightmile Creek in Detail.

About

flows NE to Kuskokwim River, 8.8 mi. NW of Red Devil and 15 mi. NE of Sleetmute, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim. 11 miles long.

History

Named in 1910 at the time of the Georgetown gold strike by prospectors who thought it to be 8 miles upstream from Georgetown on the Kuskokwim; name reported in 1943 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Sleetmute (1950), Sleetmute (1950), Sleetmute D-5 (1954), Sleetmute D-5 (1954), Sleetmute (1954), Sleetmute (1954),

Places Near Eightmile Creek

Mine:

Barometer Mine,

Mountains:

Barometer Mountain,

Rivers:

East Fork George River, George River, South Fork East Fork George River, South Fork George River,

Streams:

California Creek, Downey Creek, Eightmile Creek, Fuller Creek, Parks Creek, Steamboat Creek, Willis Creek,

Cities:

Georgetown,