THE PORT HEIDEN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Bristol Bay-Nushagak Lowlands setting.
Port Heiden city has 46.2 square miles of land in Lake and Peninsula Borough. Its Census reference point is in Bristol Bay-Nushagak Lowlands.
Rolling glacial deposits form lowland terrain inland from Bristol Bay. Shrub tundra, wetlands and scattered lakes create a varied landscape rather than a uniformly flat coastal plain.
Regional context: Bristol Bay-Nushagak Lowlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Port Heiden and Lake and Peninsula Borough
Port Heiden is associated with Lake and Peninsula Borough 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.
Port Heiden by land and water
The Census records 0.88 square miles of water within Port Heiden, or 1.9% of its total area. It is 27.5 percentage points lower than the 29.3% recorded for Lake and Peninsula Borough. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Port Heiden city has 3.5 times the land area of nearby Chignik Lagoon CDP (13.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

