THE HUGHES LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands setting.
Hughes city has 3.04 square miles of land in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. Its Census reference point is in Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands.
Interior Alaska's lowlands and uplands form a varied mosaic of spruce, hardwoods and wet areas. Local relief, surface water and ground conditions create substantial differences across this broad inland region.
Regional context: Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Hughes and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Hughes is associated with Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Hughes by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Hughes, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.4 percentage points lower than the 1.4% recorded for Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hughes city has 8.2% of the land area of nearby Alatna CDP (36.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

