THE THORNE BAY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests setting.
Thorne Bay city has 26.7 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
Thorne Bay and Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
Thorne Bay 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.
Thorne Bay by land and water
The Census records 3.04 square miles of water within Thorne Bay, or 10.2% of its total area. It is 41.5 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, Thorne Bay city has 4.4 times the land area of nearby Kasaan city (6.06 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

