THE MCGRATH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Interior Bottomlands setting.
McGrath city has 43.2 square miles of land in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. Its Census reference point is in Interior Bottomlands.
Nearly level river bottomlands contain oxbow lakes, thaw lakes and wet areas. Spruce and hardwood stands mix with shrub thickets along interior Alaska's larger rivers.
Regional context: Interior Bottomlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
McGrath and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
McGrath 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.
McGrath by land and water
The Census records 4.71 square miles of water within McGrath, or 9.8% of its total area. It is 8.4 percentage points higher 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, McGrath city has 1.9 times the land area of nearby Takotna CDP (23.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

