Information About

Falls Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Falls Creek on The Map

Location

62 ° 28' 30" N,
151 ° 0' 43.999" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Sunset

Elevation

1476 ft (449.88 m)

Falls Creek in Detail.

About

heads in Dutch Hills, flows S to Cache Creek, 31 mi. NW of Talkeetna, Alaska Range. 5.5 miles long.

History

Descriptive name reported in 1906 by R. W. Porter, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Gold was first mined here in 1905.

Topo Maps

Talkeetna (1950), Talkeetna (1950), Talkeetna (1951), Talkeetna B-3 (1954), Talkeetna B-3 (1954), Talkeetna B-3 (1954), Talkeetna B-3 (1954), Talkeetna (1958), Talkeetna (1958), Talkeetna (1958), Talkeetna (1958), Talkeetna (1958), Talkeetna B-3 NE (2014),
Places Near Falls Creek
Bars:

Gilson Bar, Hansen Bar,

Cities:

Sunset,

Streams:

Kanikula Creek,

Glaciers:

Crown Glacier, Glacier G208814E62659N, Glacier G208835E62676N, Hidden Glacier,

Mountains:

Crown Jewel, Witches Hat,

Peaks:

Dutch Hills High Point,

Mountain Ranges:

Peters Hills,

Ridges:

Dutch Hills, Little Peters Hills,

Streams:

Basic Creek, Bear Creek, Bird Creek, Blank Creek, Cache Creek, Coal Creek, Columbia Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Dollar Creek, Dry Creek, Dutch Creek, Easy Creek, Falls Creek, First Creek, Gold Creek, Granite Creek, Grant Creek, Hidden Creek, Hungryman Creek, Iron Creek, Little Dollar Creek, Little Falls Creek, Little Writer Creek, Long Creek, Lower Ruby Creek, Lucky Creek, Morgan Creek, Nugget Creek, Pass Creek, Pickle Creek, Prospect Creek, Rambler Creek, Sand Creek, Short Creek, Siwash Creek, Slate Creek, South Fork Martin Creek, Spruce Creek, Stony Creek, String Creek, Summit Creek, Thunder Creek, Treasure Creek, Trout Creek, Wetbutt Creek, Whistler Creek, Wildhorse Creek, Willow Creek, Windy Creek, Wolf Creek,

Valleys:

Cheechako Gulch, Dandy Gulch, Davis Gulch, Fox Gulch, Gopher Gulch, Lunch Gulch, Pioneer Gulch, Ruby Gulch, Ruby Gulch, Sourdough Gulch, Wilson Gulch, Wonder Gulch,