Location

• Latitude: 62.90736
• Longitude: -145.53322
• USGS Map: GULKANA D-4
• Elevation (m): 237
• MTRS: C013N002W13

  MTRS Details

  • Meridian: C
  • Township: 013N
  • Range: 002W
  • Section: 13

  Meridians in Alaska

  • Copper River Meridian (C)
  • Kateel River Meridian (K)
  • Fairbanks Meridian (F)
  • Seward Meridian (S)
  • Umiat Meridian (U)

• Management Area: Glennallen (Upper Copper-Upper Susitna Drainages)
• Drainage: Gulkana River

Access

• Latitude: 62.90736
• Longitude: -145.53322

• Directions: West of Richardson Hwy and south of Denali Hwy.

Lake Characteristics

• Surface Area (ha): 1569.9
• Bathymetric Map: Paxson2020.jpg
• paxson.gif
• PAXSON LAKE.PDF
• Paxson2020_color.jpg
• Paxson2020_ft.jpg
• Paxson_Lake2020ft.pdf
• Geo-Referenced Bathymetric Maps:
• Paxson2020_GeoPDF.pdf
• Paxson2020_GeoPDF2.pdf

• Lake Category: Open Outlet
• Maximum Depth (m): 29.2

• Most Recent Survey Date: 9/25/2020
• Most Recent Survey Notes: Depth data collected September 21-25, 2020. GeoNorth OIM_BDL WMS imagery was used to determine the lake perimeter.

Photos

Download Linked Documents

• Paxson & Summit Lakes 1968.PDF
• Paxson Lake Fish data.pdf
• Paxson Lake Surveys 1960s-70s.pdf
• Paxson_Lake2020ft.kmz