Information About

Comet Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Comet Creek on The Map

Location

64 ° 34' 17" N,
142 ° 8' 2" W

Region

Southeast Fairbanks (CA)

Nearest City

Chicken

Elevation

1906 ft (580.95 m)

Comet Creek in Detail.

About

flows SW to North Fork Fortymile River, 32 mi. SW of Eagle, Yukon-Tanana High. 18 miles long.

History

Named by prospectors and reported in 1898 by E. C. Barnard (1899, map 10), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This stream was reported in 1899 by Captain W. R. Abercrombie, USA, as "Count Creek."