Information About

Cripple River

Cripple River

Quick Facts

Region:

Nome (CA)

Nearest City:

Nome

Tributary to:

Norton Sound

Elevation:

7 ft (2.13 m)

Tributaries:

Fox Creek, Gold Run,

About

flows SW to Norton Sound, 12 mi. W of Nome, Seward Peninsula High. 25 miles long.

History of Cripple River

Prospectors' name reported in 1899 by D. C. Witherspoon (in Schrader and Brooks, 1900, map 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome C-2 (1950), Nome C-2 (1950), Nome C-2 (1950), Nome (1951), Nome (1951), Nome (1957), Nome C-2 SW (2017),

Places Near Cripple River

Cities:

Mountains:

Aurora Mountain, Cone Mountain, Elizabeth Mountain, Rodney Mountain,

Rivers:

Cripple River, Penny River,

Streams:

Arctic Creek, Ashland Creek, Aurora Creek, Bluff Creek, Boulder Creek, Bowhead Creek, Cleveland Creek, Colorado Creek, Comeni Creek, Daisy Swift Creek, Edward Creek, Elizabeth Creek, Fox Creek, Gold Run, Granite Creek, Honey Creek, Huckleberry Run, Hungry Creek, Independence Creek, Negsue Creek, Oregon Creek, Practolus Creek, Quartz Creek, Rabbit Creek, Rodney Creek, Sealer Creek, Sidney Creek, Slate Creek, Snowshoe Creek, Sonora Creek, Stella Creek, Washington Creek, Wheel Creek, Willow Creek, Willow Creek,

Valleys:

Carry Gulch, Green Gulch, Gumboot Gulch, Keane Gulch, Mammoth Gulch, May Gulch, Nugget Gulch, Short Gulch, Snowshoe Gulch, Trilby Gulch,