Information About

Purches Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 49' 7" N,
149 ° 38' 21.998" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Houston

Elevation

1791 ft (545.9 m)

Purches Creek in Detail.

About

flows W to Peters Creek, 23 mi. NW of Palmer, Talkeetna Mts.

History

Local name reported in 1910 by F. J. Katz (in Brooks and others, 1911, fig. 18), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Anchorage D-8 (1949), Anchorage D-8 (1949), Anchorage D-8 (1949), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage D-8 (1951), Anchorage D-8 (1951), Anchorage D-8 (1952), Anchorage D-8 (1952), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage D-8 SE (1983), Anchorage D-8 (1994), Anchorage D-8 SE (2016),
Places Near Purches Creek
Cities:

Houston,

Dams:

Memory Lake Estates Dam Number 1,

Lakes:

Baptist Pond, Bear Paw Lake, Bench Lake, Beverly Lake, Beverly Lake, Birch Lake, Bruce Lake, Cheri Lake, Chignaki Pond, Cloudy Lake, Cloudy Lake, Emerald Lake, Frog Lake, Fuller Lake, Herning Lake, Hess Lake, Island Lake, Jaland Lake, June Lake, Kalmbach Lake, Lake Lalen, Maruro Lake, Meadow Lakes, Memory Lake, Merri Belle Lake, Prator Lake, Scott Lake, Stevens Lake, Teakwood Lake, Totuck Lake, Twelvemile Lake, Visnaw Lake, Zero Lake,

Mine:

Houston Strip Mine, Thorpe Mine,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain,

Rivers:

North Fork Kashwitna River,

Streams:

Canyon Creek, Coal Creek, Coho Creek, Craigie Creek, East Fork Coho Creek, East Fork Sawmill Creek, Francie Creek, Grubstake Creek, Moon Princess Creek, Peters Creek, Purches Creek, Sawmill Creek, Sevenmile Creek, Shorty Creek, Teddy Creek, West Fork Coho Creek, West Fork Sawmill Creek,

Valleys:

Grubstake Gulch, Wet Gulch,

Cities:

Meadow Lakes, Tanaina,