Information About

Nugget Creek

Nugget Creek

Region:
  • Valdez-Cordova (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 2375 ft (723.9 m)
About

heads at glacier terminus, flows SE to Kuskulana River, 18 mi. SW of ,ount Blackburn, Wrangell Mts.

History of Nugget Creek

Named in 1901 by T. G. Gerdine, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because he found a large block of native copper near it.