Information About

Straight Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 9' 19.001" N,
151 ° 50' 29" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Kenai

Elevation

190 ft (57.91 m)

Straight Creek in Detail.

About

In Tordrillo Mts., heads at glacier E of Mount Spurr, flows SE to Chakachatna River, 24 mi. W of Tyonek, Alaska Range

History

Named in 1927 by S. R. Capps and R. H. Sargent (in Smith and others, 1929, pls. 1, 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because of the straight course of the river."

Topo Maps

Tyonek (1949), Tyonek (1949), Tyonek (1951), Tyonek A-5 (1958), Tyonek A-5 (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek A-5 NW (2013),

Places Near Straight Creek

Glaciers:

Capps Glacier, Dogshead Glacier,

Mountain Passes:

Seal Slough,

Mountain Ranges:

Neacola Mountains,

Rivers:

Chakachatna River, Wolverine Fork,

Streams:

Blacksand Creek, Chuitkilnachna Creek, Cottonwood Slough, Noaukta Slough, North Capps Creek, Straight Creek,