Alaska Gazetteer
Dry Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Fairbanks North Star Borough. The primary coordinates for Dry Creek places it within the AK 99702 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Dry Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads at 635000N1473600W, flows N to Clear Creek, 24 mi. S of Fairbanks, Tganana Low. 66 miles long. |
| History: | "So called locally because ""It is said to join Wood River in times of flood, but during low water it sinks into the gravels and disappears "" (Capps, 1912, p. 13)." |
| Borough: | Fairbanks North Star Borough |
| Latitude: | 64.5205535889 |
| Longitude: | -147.588607788 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Dry Creek: Dry Creek.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Dry Creek does not include property ownership information.
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North Pole, AK
(17.5 miles NNE) Moose Creek, AK (18.6 miles NE) |
Eielson AFB, AK
(18.9 miles NE) Badger, AK (19.4 miles N) |
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Highland Park, AK
(17.7 miles NNE) Bluff, AK (18.2 miles NE) |
Aurora Lodge, AK
(19.7 miles E) |
