Dime Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Nome (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Dime Creek |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Stream |
Description: | flows SE to Koyuk River, 6 mi. SE of Haycock, Seward Peninsula High. 11 miles long. |
History: | "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.""" |
Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 65.1211090088 |
Longitude: | -161.107498169 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Dime Creek: Dime 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 Dime Creek does not include property ownership information.
Dime Landing, AK
(1.4 miles W) |
Haycock, AK
(6.4 miles NNW) |