THE KAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests setting.
Kake city has 7.67 square miles of land in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area. Its Census reference point is in Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests.
Deep bays, steep valley walls and an irregular shoreline reveal intense past glaciation. Wet maritime forests of hemlock and Sitka spruce characterize southeastern and south-central coastal Alaska.
Regional context: Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Kake and Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
Kake is associated with Prince of Wales-Hyder 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.
Kake by land and water
The Census records 5.83 square miles of water within Kake, or 43.2% of its total area. It is 8.5 percentage points lower than the 51.7% recorded for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kake city has 2.5 times the land area of nearby Kupreanof city (3.02 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

