Information About

Tyone River

Quick Facts

Region:

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City:

Eureka

Tributary to:

Susitna River

Length:

30 mi (48.28 km)

Elevation:

2251 ft (686.1 m)

About

heads at Tyone Lake, flows NW to Susitna River, 7 mi. NE of Oshetna and 68 mi. NW of Gulkana, River Copper River Basin.

History of Tyone River

Local name reported in 1906 by Sidney Paige and Adolph Knopf (in Brooks and others, 1907, p. 118), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The name is an "Alaska jargon word for 'chief'."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Talkeetna Mountains (1950), Talkeetna Mountains C-1 (1951), Talkeetna Mountains C-1 (1951), Talkeetna Mountains C-1 (1951), Talkeetna Mountains C-1 (1952), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1966), Talkeetna Mountains C-1 NE (2016),

Places Near Tyone River

Areas:

C-iidze- Caek-e, K-aas Cae-e,

Mountains:

Banazdleni, Lone Butte,

Mountain Ranges:

Alphabet Hills,

Rivers:

Maclaren River, Oshetna River, Tyone River,

Streams:

Clearwater Creek, Coal Creek, Goose Creek, Sanona Creek, Tyone Creek,