Information About

Calamity Gulch

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 13' 30" N,
142 ° 31' 44" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Elevation

2917 ft (889.1 m)

Calamity Gulch in Detail.

About

heads at glacier, trends SW to Young Creek 4 mi. W of junction of Sheep Creek, 20 mi. SE of McCarthy, St. Elias Mts. 4 miles long.

History

Name "used by disappointed prospectors" and reported by Mendenhall and Schrader (1903, fig. 5), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy A-5 (1959), McCarthy A-5 (1959), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy A-5 (1994), McCarthy A-5 NE (2017),

Places Near Calamity Gulch

Cities:

Nizina, Skolai, Sourdough,

Capes:

Cliffs:

Glaciers:

Islands:

Lakes:

Mine:

Binocular Prospect, Radovan Prospect,

Mountains:

Andrus Peak, Mount Holmes, Joshua Green Peak, Nikolai Butte, Pyramid Peak, Sourdough Peak, Towhead Mountain, Williams Peak,

Parks:

Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park,

Mountain Passes:

Hancock Pass, Nikolai Pass,

Ridges:

Lime Butte, MacColl Ridge,

Rivers:

Chitistone River, East Fork Kiagna River, Kiagna River,

Streams:

Bearhole Creek, Boulder Creek, Chititu Creek, Copper Creek, Dan Creek, Doby Creek, Eagle Creek, Gold Run, Hunter Creek, Lake Creek, May Creek, Rex Creek, Sheep Creek, Texas Creek, White Creek, Willow Creek, Young Creek,

Valleys:

Blygh Gulch, Boulder Gulch, Boulder Gulch, Calamity Gulch, Champagne Gulch, Crumb Gulch, Devils Gulch, Dry Gulch, Grubstake Gulch, Hells Kitchen Gulch, Idaho Gulch, Jolly Gulch, Kaufman Gulch, Kermon Gulch, Nikolai Gulch, Pollard Gulch, Radar Gulch, Radovan Gulch, Sawmill Gulch, Seattle Gulch, Sheep Gulch, Sunday Gulch, Swede Gulch, Virginia Gulch,

Cities:

May Creek,