Information About

Shaw Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

64 ° 15' 28.001" N,
146 ° 7' 22.001" W

Region

Southeast Fairbanks (CA)

Nearest City

Delta Junction

Elevation

902 ft (274.93 m)

Shaw Creek in Detail.

About

heads at 642900N, 1450500W, flows SW to Tanana River, 11 mi. NW of Big

History

In 1902 Lieutenant G. S. Gibbs, USA called this stream Thompson Creek, but in 1904 L. M. Prindle, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), reported that the miners called it Shaw Creek. Its Indian name was "Debetendig" according to J. T. Geoghegan in 1904.

Topo Maps

Big Delta B-5 (1949), Big Delta B-5 (1949), Big Delta B-5 (1949), Big Delta (1950), Big Delta (1950), Big Delta (1951), Big Delta (1951), Big Delta (1951), Big Delta (1951), Big Delta B-5 (1952), Big Delta B-5 (1952), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta (1958), Big Delta B-5 SE (2016),

Places Near Shaw Creek

Flats:

Shaw Creek Flats,

Lakes:

Rainbow Lake, Richardson 81 Mile Pond, Shaw Pond, Summer Lake,

Locales:

Tenderfoot,

Rapids:

Bates Rapids,

Streams:

Buckeye Creek, Caribou Creek, Clear Creek, Delta Creek, Gold Run, Keystone Creek, Minton Creek, Monte Cristo Creek, Rosa Creek, Shaw Creek, Tenderfoot Creek,

Cities:

Richardson,