Information About

Fossil Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Fossil Creek on The Map

Location

65 ° 28' 37.999" N,
147 ° 39' 42.001" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Fox

Elevation

1237 ft (377.04 m)

Fossil Creek in Detail.

About

flows SW to Beaver Creek, 25 mi. SE of Livengood, Yukon-Tanana High. 23 miles long.

History

Named in 1905 by L. M. Prindle, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for "the fossiliferous limestone pebbles in its valley" (Prindle and Hess, 1906, p. 13).

Topo Maps

Livengood (1945), Livengood (1945), Livengood (1945), Livengood (1945), Livengood B-2 (1951), Livengood B-2 (1951), Livengood B-2 (1951), Livengood (1951), Livengood (1951), Livengood B-2 (1954), Livengood B-2 (1954), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood B-2 NE (2017),
Places Near Fossil Creek
Mountain Passes:

Windy Gap,

Mountain Ranges:

White Mountains,

Streams:

Brigham Creek, Colorado Creek, Cripple Creek, Fossil Creek, Lost Horizon Creek, Montana Creek, Moose Creek, Wickersham Creek,

Routes:

Fossil Creek Trail,

Valleys:

Limestone Gulch, Limestone Gulch,