Information About

Des Moines Creek

Quick Facts

Region:

Kodiak Island

Nearest City:

King Salmon

Elevation:

26 ft (7.92 m)

About

flows E to Wide Bay, W of Coal Point, on S coast of Alaska Peninsula, 42 mi. SE of Ugashik, Aleutian Range. 7.2 miles long.

History of Des Moines Creek

Local name reported in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). S. R. Capps, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), reported in 1921; the name "Lee Creek", it was named for "a prospector who had a cabin at the stream's mouth."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Ugashik (1943), Ugashik (1943), Ugashik (1943), Ugashik (1948), Ugashik (1949), Ugashik B-1 (1951), Ugashik B-1 (1951), Ugashik B-1 (1951), Ugashik (1963), Ugashik (1963), Ugashik (1963),

Places Near Des Moines Creek

Bays:

Imuya Bay, Wide Bay,

Capes:

Cape Kayakliut, Coal Point,

Islands:

Channel Rock, East Channel Island, Hartman Island, Slaughter Island (not official), Terrace Island, Titcliff Island, West Channel Island,

Lakes:

Ruth Lake,

Mountains:

Deer Mountain, Mount Shannon, Mount Ugashik,

Mountain Passes:

Sids Pass,

Streams:

Big Creek, Des Moines Creek, McNally Creek, Moore Creek, Otter Creek, Pass Creek, Preston Creek, Short Creek,