Information About

Nugget Creek

Nugget Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Southeast Fairbanks (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 948 ft (288.95 m)
About

flows NE to Washington Creek, 17 mi. SE of junction of Charley and Yukon Rivers, Yukon-Tanana High.

History of Nugget Creek

Prospectors name recorded by D. C. Witherspoon, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1904-05 and published by Prindle (1906), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Brooks (1907, p. 201), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), referred to the feature as Nugget Gulch.