Information About

Big Creek

Big Creek

Quick Facts

Region:

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City:

Ruby

Tributary to:

Yukon River

Elevation:

144 ft (43.89 m)

Tributaries:

Beaver Creek, Glacier Creek,

About

heads on N slope of Boston Dome, flows SE-NW to Yukon River, 6 mi. NE of Ruby, Nowitna Low.; 48 miles long.

History of Big Creek

Prospectors' name reported in 1908 by A. G. Maddren (in Brooks and others, 1909, p. 230), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Ruby (1951), Ruby (1951), Ruby (1952), Ruby (1952), Ruby (1952), Ruby (1952), Ruby (1952), Ruby (1952), Ruby (1952), Ruby D-5 (1952), Ruby D-5 (1952), Ruby D-5 (1952),

Places Near Big Creek

Capes:

Devils Thumb, Ninemile Point,

Cities:

Dams:

Islands:

Ninemile Island, Straight Island,

Lakes:

Totakdagrich Cachegen Lake,

Mountains:

Boston Dome, Cecil Dome,

Rivers:

Bootlegger Slough, Melozitna River,

Streams:

Ninemile Slough,

Streams:

Big Creek, Big Joe Creek, Bruno Creek, Center Creek, Deer Creek, Dome Creek, Glacier Creek, Little Creek, Little Joe Creek, McAntee Creek, Melozi Creek, New York Creek, Ruby Creek, Short Creek, Thirteenmile Creek,

Valleys:

Boston Gulch, Logger Gulch,