Information About

Nugget Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

64 ° 56' 49.999" N,
147 ° 21' 16.999" W

Region

Fairbanks North Star

Nearest City

North Pole

Elevation

722 ft (220.07 m)

Nugget Creek in Detail.

About

flows SE to Smallwood Creek, 13 mi. NE of Fairbanks, Yukon Tanana High.

History

Named by prospectors; reported in 1903 by T. G. Gerdine as flowing to the Little Chena River (in Prindle, 1905, pl. 16), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

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Places Near Nugget Creek
Cities:

Cleary, Eldorado Camp, Gilmore, Golden City, Meehan, Pedro Camp,

Cities:

North Pole,

Cliffs:

Pilot Bluff,

Dams:

Chena River Lakes Dam, NASA Tracking Station Dam Number 1, NASA Tracking Station Dam Number 2,

Flats:

Poker Flat,

Hills:

Browns Hill, Lakloey Hill, Sage Hill,

Lakes:

Lundgren Pond, North Chena Pond, North Pole Pond, Sirlin Drive Pond,

Mine:

Cleary Hill Mine, Hi-Yu Mine, McCarty Mine, Newsboy Mine,

Mountains:

Approach Hill, Coffee Dome, Gilmore Dome, Mount Lulu Fairbanks, Pedro Dome, Tungsten Hill,

Parks:

Chena Lakes Recreation Site,

Ridges:

Little Chena Prong,

Rivers:

Little Chena River,

Streams:

Chena Slough,

Streams:

Alder Creek, Barnes Creek, Bear Creek, Bedrock Creek, Bellows Creek, Captain Creek, Caribou Creek, Chatham Creek, Cleary Creek, Columbia Creek, Cora Creek, Crane Creek, Cripple Creek, Deadwood Creek, Deep Creek, Discontented Pup, Dora Creek, Evening Star Creek, Flume Creek, Gilmore Creek, Ginger Creek, Gold Run, Goose Creek, Granite Creek, Hill Creek, Hopper Creek, Iowa Creek, Johnson Creek, Last Chance Creek, Last Chance Creek, Little Poker Creek, Louis Creek, Lulu Creek, Melba Creek, Monte Cristo Creek, Moose Creek, Moose Creek, Nugget Creek, Pat Creek, Pearl Creek, Pedro Creek, Pilot Creek, Poker Creek, Potlatch Creek, Rex Creek, Rose Creek, Ruby Creek, Ruby Creek, Sixteen-to-one Creek, Skoogy Creek, Smallwood Creek, Solo Creek, Steamboat Creek, Steele Creek, Tamarack Creek, Tecumseh Creek, Thirtymile Slough, Tom Creek, Too Much Gold Creek, Too Much Gold Creek, Twin Creek, Victoria Creek, Walnut Creek, Wigwam Creek, Willow Creek, Wolf Creek, Yellow Pup Creek,

Routes:

Chena River Nature Trail,

Valleys:

Dark Hollow, Gay Gulch, Marshall Gulch, Snow Gulch, Tungsten Gulch, Whiskey Gulch,

Cities:

Badger, Chatanika, Clear Creek Park, Dennis Manor, Highland Park,