Information About

Eska Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 42' 16.999" N,
148 ° 55' 7" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Palmer

Tributary to

Matanuska River

Elevation

417 ft (127.1 m)

Eska Creek in Detail.

About

Heads at a glacier on Eska Mountain, flows S to the Matanuska River, 4 km (2.5 mi) SSW of Eska, 9.5 mi. NE of Palmer, Cook Inlet Low. 8.7 miles long.

History

Local name reported in 1905 by G. C. Martin (in Brooks and others, 1906, fig. 5), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage C-6 NE (1979), Anchorage C-6 NE (1979), Anchorage C-6 NE (1979), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage C-6 (1994), Anchorage C-6 NE (2016),
Places Near Eska Creek
Channels:

Ch-taltnu Tayena,

Cities:

Palmer,

Dams:

Sherwood Estates Dam,

Glaciers:

Glacier G210960E61831N, Mint Glacier,

Hills:

Burnt Butte,

Routes:

Pigs in a Blanket,

Lakes:

Barbel Lake, Burkholder Lake, Butte Lake, Coyote Lake, Elks Lake, Falks Lake, Finger Lakes, Gull Lake, Jim Lake, Kleinsmith Lake, Leaf Lake, Seventeenmile Lake, Slipper Lake, Swan Lake, Wishbone Lake, Wolverine Lake,

Mine:

Baxter Mine, Buffalo Mine, Eska Mine, Evan Jones Mine, Lonesome Mine, Matanuska Sinner Mine, New Black Diamond Mine, Premier Mine,

Mountains:

Bodenburg Butte, Eska Mountain, Granite Peak, Knob Hill, Lava Mountain, Lazy Mountain, Matanuska Peak, Montana Peak, Wishbone Hill,

Parks:

Coyote Lake Park, Moose Creek State Recreation Area,

Mountain Passes:

Backdoor Gap, Bomber-in-a-day Pass, Grizzly Pass, Moosehead Pass, Sobriety Pass,

Peaks:

3 Bell Spire, Arkose Peak, Crag, Delia Benchmark, Dewlap Peak, Doublemint, Frontier Peak, Good Hope Towers, Hunchback Spire, Lynx Peak, Managemint, Nelteni, Outpost Peak, Ozone, Parlimint, Peppermint, Spearmint, Teeny Weene, Telemint, Tenemint, Triplemint, Troublemint, Turnkey Peak, Vegetarian Peak,

Ridges:

Arkose Ridge,

Rivers:

Kings River,

Streams:

Bodenburg Creek, Buffalo Creek, Doone Creek, Eska Creek, Friday Creek, Gloryhole Creek, Goat Creek, Granite Creek, Iron Creek, Jim Creek, Knob Creek, Little Granite Creek, McRoberts Creek, Moose Creek, Palmer Creek, Premier Creek, West Fork Young Creek, Wolverine Creek, Young Creek,

Valleys:

Lone Tree Gulch, Matanuska Valley, Sheep Valley, Tsadaka Canyon,

Cities:

Butte, Eska, Jonesville, Lazy Mountain, Sutton,