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Snag Flats

Snag Flats

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Matanuska-Susitna
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 171 ft (52.12 m)
About

in lower course of Skwentna River, 8 mi. upstream from Yentna River and 55 mi N of Tyonek, Alaska Range

History of Snag Flats

Named in 1898 by Spurr (1900, p. 48), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), who said, "nearly every channel was choked with dead trees, so that we gave the place the name of Snag Flats."