Information About

Bonanza Creek

Quick Facts

Region:

Fairbanks North Star

Nearest City:

Delta Junction

Elevation:

1411 ft (430.07 m)

About

flows E to North Fork Salcha River, 10 mi. E of The Butte and 45 mi. NNE of Big Delta, Yukon-Tanana High.; 8 miles long.

History of Bonanza Creek

A prospectors' name, applied by mistake in 1905 by D. C. Witherspoon, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to a stream which flows N to Gold Creek near Flume Creek (Prindle, 1906, pl. 1). In 1913, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published the name "Bonanza Creek" for its present location.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Big Delta (1950), Big Delta (1950), Big Delta (1951), Big Delta (1951), Big Delta (1951), Big Delta (1951), Big Delta D-3 (1958), Big Delta D-3 (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta D-3 (1973), Big Delta D-3 SW (2016),

Places Near Bonanza Creek

Channels:

The Splits,

Rivers:

North Fork Salcha River, South Fork Salcha River,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Big Granite Creek, Black Bear Creek, Bonanza Creek, Camp Creek, Gold Creek, Goose Creek, Little Granite Creek, Mascot Creek, Ricks Creek,