Information About

Dime Creek

Dime Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Nome (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 30 ft (9.14 m)
About

flows SE to Koyuk River, 6 mi. SE of Haycock, Seward Peninsula High. 11 miles long.

History of Dime Creek

Named about 1913 by prospectors; reported by A. H. Brooks, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1915. The prevailing story is that the stream received its name because "about a dimes worth of gold was found in each panning."